Background
Archer, Gleason Leonard was born on October 29, 1880 in Great Pond, Maine, United States. Son of John S. and Frances M. (Williams) Archer.
Archer, Gleason Leonard was born on October 29, 1880 in Great Pond, Maine, United States. Son of John S. and Frances M. (Williams) Archer.
Student Boston University, 1902-1904. Bachelor of Laws from law department same, 1906. Doctor of Laws, Atlanta Law School, Atlanta, Georgia., 1926.
Master of Laws, John Marshall Law School, Chicago, Illinois 1944.
Admitted to Massachusetts bar, 1906, founded the Suffolk Law School, 1906, which is now Suffolk U. with departments of law, liberal arts, journalism and business administration, president, 1937-1948, retired. Founder, director experiments Archer Blueberry Nursery 1948-1963.
Chief arbitrator, 1914, by appointment State Massachusetts, in dispute between Springfield Street Railway and its employes.
Special assistant to Massachusetts Commissioners on Uniform State Laws, 1926-1928. Vice chairman General Committee Boston Tercentenary, 1930.
Counsellor general General Society Mayflower Descendants, 1933-1939. National chairman American Democratic National Committee, 1944-1945.
Member International Platform Association, American Bar Association, Sons of the American Revolution, Park Saint Club. Member Pembroke History Society, Massachusetts Cultivated Blueberry Association.
Married Elizabeth G. Snyder, October 6, 1906 (deceased). Married second, Pauline Clark, May 11, 1963. Children: Allan F., Marian (Mistress George Graffam), Norman (deceased), Gleason L.