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Herschel Whitfield Arant

Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1939

Herschel Whitfield Arant , Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. Herschel Whitfield Arant (July 18, 1887 – January 14, 1941), frequently known as H. W. Arant, was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit and former dean of the Ohio State University Moritz College of Law.

Education

  • University of AlabamaB.S., 1910
  • Yale UniversityB.A., 1911
  • Yale UniversityM.A., 1912
  • Yale Law SchoolLL.B., 1915

Career

Private practice, Atlanta, Georgia, 1915-1920; Professor of law, Lamar School of Law, Emory University, 1916-1920; Assistant professor of law, Yale University, 1920-1922; Dean of the law school/professor of law, University of Kansas, 1922-1928; Dean of the law school/professor of law, Ohio State University, 1928-1939

Biography

Herschel Whitfield Arant (July 18, 1887 – January 14, 1941), frequently known as H. W. Arant, was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit and former dean of the Ohio State University Moritz College of Law.

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