Sherman Peer

Background

Peer, Sherman was born on September 11, 1882 in East Palmyra, New York, United States. Son of Frank Sherman and Harriet (Reeves) Peer.

Education

Bachelor of Laws, Cornell Univercity, 1906. Student New College, University of Oxford, England, 1906-1907.

Career

Admitted to New York bar, practiced in Ithaca, New York, since 1907. Member board directors National Cash Register Company, Dayton, Ohio. Former professor of law Cornell University.

Trustee of Cornell University.

Membership

Served as captain, 79th Division, advancing to major, infantry, United States Army, 1918. Trustee of the Cornell Univercity Research Foundation. Member Oxford Society (Cornell), Kappa Alpha.

Club: University (New York).

Connections

Married Eleanor Sherman, 1921. Children: George S., Emily, Mary Alice.

Father:

Frank Sherman Peer

Mother:

Harriet (Reeves) Peer

Spouse:

Eleanor Sherman

child:

Mary Alice Peer

child:

George S. Peer

child:

Emily Peer