Background
Curtiss, Willis David was born on May 31, 1916 in Sodus, New York, United States. Son of Willis David and Louise Anna (Shoecraft) Curtiss.
Curtiss, Willis David was born on May 31, 1916 in Sodus, New York, United States. Son of Willis David and Louise Anna (Shoecraft) Curtiss.
AB, Cornell University, 1938. Bachelor of Laws, Cornell University, 1940.
General practice, Sodus, 1940-1942. District attorney Wayne County, New York, 1941. Assistant professor law University Buffalo, 1946-1947, Cornell University Law School, Ithaca, New York, 1947-1951, associate professor, 1951-1956, professor, 1956-1986, associate dean, 1958-1962, professor emeritus, since 1986.
Visiting professor University Michigan Law School, summer 1950. Special attorney Department Justice, 1954.
Research consultant New York State Law Revision Commission, 1952-1956, executive secretary, 1956-1960. Member New York Temporary Commission on State Court System, 1970-1973. Faculty trustee Cornell University, 1966-1971.
Served to lieutenant Commander United States Naval Reserve, 1942-1946. Member Tompkins County Bar Association, American Law Institute, Order of Coif, Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi, Delta Sigma Rho, Phi Delta Phi, Sigma Nu.
Married Mary Melissa Fowler, June 29, 1951. Children– David Fowler, Melissa Anne.