Pitman Benjamin Potter

Background

Potter, Pitman Benjamin was born on January 1, 1892 in Long Branch, New Jersey, United States. Son of Joseph Covert and Louisa Ann (Lane) Potter.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Harvard, 1914, Master of Arts, 1916, Doctor of Philosophy, 1918.

Career

Instructor in political science, Harvard University, 1914-1916. Instructor in history, Yale, 1916-1917. Associate in political science, University of Illinois, 1919-1920.

Assistant professor political science, University of Wisconsin, 1920-1923, associate professor, 1923-1926, professor, 1926-1932.

Sometimes visiting professor, University of Chicago, Harvard, University of Texas, University of California. Professor international organization, Institute University de Hautes Etudes Internationales, Geneva, 1930-1931, and 1932-1941.

Member staff Brookings Institution, Washington, District of Columbia, 1941-1942. Professor political science and department chairman, Oberlin College, 1942-1944.

Grozier professor international law and department chairman international relations and organization American U. from 1944, dean graduate school from 1947.

Lecturer Academie de Droit International, The Hague, 1930, 38. Dean Institute World Affairs, Mondsee, Austria, 1933. Director summer session Students International Union, Geneva, 1934, 35.

Lecturer Institut Des Hautes Etudes International, University of Paris, 1935-1936.

Managing editor American Journal International Law, 1943-1948, member board editors, 1925-1930, and from 1948. Legal adviser to government of Ethiopia, 1935.

Member Italo-Ethiopian Arbitration Commission, May-September 1935. Director and member governing board, Geneva Research Centre, 1939-1946.

General reporter, International Studies Conference, 1939-1946.

Achievements

• Pitman Benjamin Potter has been listed as a notable educator, author by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American Society International Law (secretary, 1945-1948, vice president from 1948), American Political Science Association, American Society Public Administration, Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Epsilon. Member of the board of directors American Peace Society.

Connections

Married Jessie Isabelle Dalton, June 22, 1914 (died January 9, 1940). Married second, Margaret Ruth Hardy, October 18, 1941. Children: Dalton, James Lane.

Father:

Joseph Covert Potter

Mother:

Louisa Ann (Lane) Potter

Spouse:

Jessie Isabelle Dalton

Spouse:

Margaret Ruth Hardy

child:

Dalton Potter

child:

James Lane Potter