Wyzanski, Charles Edward, Jr.

Born May 27, 1906, in Boston, MA
Died September 3, 1986, in Boston, MA

Federal Judicial Service:
Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts
Nominated by Franklin D. Roosevelt on December 1, 1941, to a seat vacated by Hugh D. McLellan. Confirmed by the Senate on December 16, 1941, and received commission on December 19, 1941. Served as chief judge, 1965-1971. Assumed senior status on September 1, 1971. Service terminated on September 3, 1986, due to death.

Education:
Harvard College, A.B., 1927
Harvard Law School, LL.B., 1930

Professional Career:

Private practice, Boston, Massachusetts, 1930, 1931-1933, 1937-1941
Law clerk, Hon. Augustus Noble Hand, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, 1930-1931
Law clerk, Hon. Learned Hand, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, 1932
Solicitor of labor, U.S. Department of Justice, 1933
Solicitor of labor, U.S. Department of Labor, 1933-1935
Special assistant to the Attorney General of the United States, Office of the Solicitor General, 1935-1937
Public member, National Defense Mediation Board, 1941-1942
Lecturer in government, Harvard University, 1942-1943
Lecturer in law, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1949-1950
Lecturer in law, Stanford University, 1949-1951
Professor of law, Columbia University, 1974

Bibliography

Irons, Peter H. The New Deal Lawyers. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1982.

Manuscript Collections

Harvard Law School
Cambridge, Mass.
My years with Ropes and Gray, 1984.
53 pages; photocopy of typewritten text dated January 25, 1984, with photocopies of four pages of correspondence between Wyzanski and Archibald Cox discussing Wyzanski's reminiscences.

Charles Wyzanski papers, 1930-1968.
4 linear ft. (ca. 1,600 items); finding aid; collection contains personal and professional correspondence, legal briefs, memos, and other legal documents.

Massachusetts Historical Society
Boston, Mass.
Charles Wyzanski papers.
50 linear ft.; restricted.

Oral History

Wyzanski, Charles Edward, Jr. "Charles E. Wyzanski, Jr." Interview conducted on May 7, 1984, by Terry L. Birdwhistell. Stanley Forman Reed Oral History Collection, Special Collections and Archives, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, 1984. 45 minutes.

Wyzanski, Charles Edward, Jr. "The Reminiscences of Charles E. Wyzanski." Interviews conducted on July 12-13, 1954, by Harlan B. Phillips. Oral History Research Office, Butler Library, Columbia University, New York, 1954. Transcript, 321 pages.

Portraits

Paul Freund and Charles E. Wyzanski, Jr. [left] at Harvard University's 350th anniversary celebration; artist unknown; Photograph; 1986; Paul A. Freund Visuals Collections, Harvard Law School Library, Cambridge, Mass., record identifier: olvwork368858. Reference image courtesy of Historical & Special Collections, Harvard Law School Library. Further reproduction prohibited without permission of the library.

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