Thomas Irwin Emerson

Background

Emerson, Thomas Irwin was born on July 12, 1907 in Passaic, New Jersey, United States. Son of Luther Lee and Wilhelmina (Runft) Emerson.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Yale, 1928; Bachelor of Laws, Yale, 1931; Master of Arts, Yale, 1946; Doctor of Laws, University Pennsylvania, 1976; Doctor of Laws, Amherst College, 1976; Doctor of Laws, Georgetown University, 1987.

Career

Associate with law firm, Engelhard, Pollak, Pitcher & Stern, New York City, 1931-1933; assistant counsel, National Recovery Administration, 1933-1934; principal attorney, National Labor Relations Board, 1934-1936; assistant general counsel, then associate general counsel, National Labor Relations Board, 1937-1940; principal attorney, Social Security Board, 1936-1937; special assistant to attorney general, unites states department Justice, 1940-1941; associate general counsel, OPA, 1941-1943; deputy administrator for enforcement, OPA, 1943-1945; general counsel, Office of Economics Stabilization, 1945; general counsel, Office War Mobilization and Reconversion, 1945-1946; professor of law, Yale University, 1946-1976; Lines professor of law, Yale University, 1955-1976. Visiting professor London School Economics Political Science, 1953-1954, Brookings Institution,1960-1961.

Achievements

• Thomas Irwin Emerson has been listed as a noteworthy law educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Political and Civil Rights in the United States (Two Books): A Collection of Legal and Related Materials (Volumes I and II)

    (First Edition, Copyright 1952; Second Edition, Copyright ...)

  • The System of Freedom of Expression

    (A comprehensive theory of the First Ammendment.)

  • TOWARD A GENERAL THEORY OF THE FIRST AMENDMENT

    (Random House Vintage Books Paperback No. V-379; copyright...)

  • Political and Civil Rights in the United States Vol. I Student Edition
  • Toward a general theory of the first amendment
  • Political and Civil Rights in the United States
  • Toward a general theory of the First amendment,
  • Toward a general theory of the first amendment
  • Political and Civil Rights in the United States Vol. II

Membership

Member National Lawyers Guild (president 1950-1951), Phi Beta Kappa.

Connections

Married Bertha R. Paret, October 9, 1934 (deceased 1958). Joan Paret, Robert Madden, Luther Lee. Married Ruth B. Calvin, May 27, 1960.

Father:

Luther Lee Emerson

Mother:

Wilhelmina (Runft) Emerson

Spouse:

Bertha R. Paret

Spouse:

Ruth B. Calvin