William John Brockelbank

Background

Brockelbank, William John was born on March 13, 1895 in Ontario, Canada. Son of William and Mary (Hunter) Brockelbank.

Education

Student, Pickering College, Newmarket, Ontario, Canada, 1913-1915; AB, Haverford (Pennsylvania) College, 1919; Bachelor of Laws, Harvard University, 1923; Barrister at Law, Lincoln's Inn, 1928; Docteur en Droit, University de Paris, 1934.

Career

Associate professor of law, University Alabama, 1923-1924; professor of law, University Alabama, 1928-1931; lecturer law, University Pittsburgh, 1924-1925; secretary, International Corporation Company, Paris, France, 1925-1928; practiced law, Paris, 1934-1935; professor of law, University Kansas, 1935-1940; practiced law, Vancouver, B.C., 1940-1942; lecturer government, U. B.C., 1941-1942; visiting professor law, University Kansas City, 1942-1943; associate professor of law, University Idaho, 1943-1945; professor of law, University Idaho, from 1945. Visiting professor law U. P.R., 1954-1955, 62-63. Special lecturer on law for Department of State, Haiti, 1958-1959, Uniform Laws Commissioner for Idaho since 1947.

Achievements

• Bar: Idaho 1944.

Works

• book

  • Interstate enforcement of family support : the Runaway pappy act.

Membership

Served with American Red Cross 1918-1919. Officier d'Académie (France). Member American Association of University Professors, Order of Coif, Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Delta Phi, Masons.

Connections

Son of William and Mary (Hunter) B. M. Mary Chambers, July 29, 1922 (divorced 1937). 1 daughter Frank Leslie.

M. Naomi Lorene Campbell, July 8, 1839 (divorced 1941). M. Esther Norie, August 17, 1945.

Father:

William Brockelbank

Mother:

Mary (Hunter) Brockelbank

Spouse:

Mary Chambers

Spouse:

Naomi Lorene Campbell

Spouse:

Esther Norie