Lévitt, Albert, 1887-1968

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Jurist and professor of law. LL.B., Harv. Law School, 1920; J.D. Yale Law Sch., 1923. Prof. of Law: George Washington U., U. of N. Dakota, Washington & Lee U., U. of Calif. U.S. Distr. Judge, Virgin Islands, 1935-1936; assisted in writing legislation for the Islands. Various positions with U.S. Government. Published treaties on community property, international affairs, Vaticanism,. Traveled in Rhodesia in 1965, in England in 1966.

From the description of Papers, 1817-1968. (Harvard Law School Library). WorldCat record id: 236047289

Lévitt, Albert, lawyer, judge, public servant.

  • March 14, 1887: b. Woodbine, Maryland,s. Thomas Reeve and Ida Alee Lévitt
  • 1911: B.D. Meadville Theological School
  • 1913: B.A. Columbia,cum magnis honoribus, Phi Beta Kappa
  • 1920: LL.B. Harvard Law School
  • 1923: J.D. Yale Law School
  • December 24, 1921: m. Elsie Mary Hill, 1 daughter, Leslie Hill Lévitt
  • 1904 - 1907 : Served as private and sergeant, Hospital Corps, U.S. Army, (in Phillipines, 1906-1907 and later with the American Ambulance, French Army at the front, 1915.)
  • 1913 - 1914 : Lecturer in Philosophy, Columbia
  • 1915 - 1916 : Acting Professor of Philosophy, Colgate University
  • 1917 June - September, 1917 : Regimental sergeant major Harvard R.O.T.C.
  • 1917 - 1917 January, 1919 : Chaplain, U.S. Army (overseas after April 1918 in Baccarat sector, Oise-Aisne and Meuse-Argonne offensive where he was wounded and gassed.)
  • 1920 - 1921 : Assistant Professor of Law, George Washington University
  • 1921 - 1922 : Professor of Law, University of North Dakota
  • 1924: Lecturer on Medical Jurisprudence, Johns Hopkins Medical School
  • 1924 - 1927 : Professor of Law, Washington and Lee University
  • 1927 - 1930 : Professor of Law, Brooklyn Law School of St. Lawrence University
  • 1939: Lecturer on the Law of Finance, School of Commerce, New York University
  • 1942 - 1943 : Professor of Law, Hasting College of the Law, University of California
  • 1923 - 1924 : 1933 - 1935 : 1936 - 1937 : Special Assistant Attorney General of the U.S.
  • 1935 - 1936 : Judge, U.S. District Court of the Virgin Islands
  • 1921: Member, U.S. Assay Commission
  • 1933 - 1935 : Representative of the U.S. Department of Justice on Committee of Advisors on Codification of Nationality Laws of the U.S.
  • 1941: Special advisor to the Office of Production Management, Priorities Division
  • 1932: Candidate of Independent Republican party for governor of Connecticut
  • 1950: Republican candidate, U.S. Senator, California
  • June 18, 1968: d. Manchester, Massachusetts

Author:

Code of International Criminal Law, 1928

How to Study Law, 1928

The Law of Community Property of California, 1951

The President and International Affairs of the United States

The Public Utilities of Connecticut, 1931

Vaticanism: The Political Principles of the Catholic Church

Associate editor:

Central Law Journal, St. Louis, 1921-1930.

From the guide to the Papers, 1817-1968, (Harvard Law School Library, Harvard University)

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