Fuller, Lon L. (Lon Luvois), 1902-1978

Professor of law, author, A.B. (1924) and J.D. (1926), Stanford, Member, Law school faculties of U. Oregon (1926-1928), U. Ill. (1928-1931), Duke (1931-1940), Harvard (1939-1972; emeritus 1972-1978). Member, Mass. Bar. Recipient of Phillips Award, Am. Philosophical Soc., 1935. Author of Legal Fictions (1931); The Law in Quest of Itself (1940); The Morality of Law (1964); Anatomy of the Law (1968); also articles for legal and other scholarly journals.

From the description of Papers, 1926-1977. (Harvard Law School Library). WorldCat record id: 236047242

Fuller, Lon Luvois, attorney, educator, legal scholar.

b. Hereford, Texas, June 15, 1902.

s. Francis Bartow and Mary Salome (Moore) Fuller.

Student, University of California, 1919-1920.

A.B., Stanford University, 1924; J.D., 1926.

m. Florence Gail Thompson, August 11, 1926 (d. 1960); children: Francis Brock, Cornelia.

m. 2nd, Marjorie D. Chappel, November 5, 1960.

Instructor of Law, University of Oregon Law School, 1926-1928.

Instructor of Law, University of Illinois College of Law, 1929-1931.

Professor of Law, Duke University, 1931-1940.

Visiting Professor of law, Harvard Law School, 1939-1940; Professor of Law, 1940-1948; Carter Professor of Jurisprudence, 1948-1972; Carter Professor of Jurisprudence Emeritus, 1972-1978.

Lecturer, summer schools, U. of Chicago, 1930-1933; U. of Washington, 1931; U. of North Carolina, 1934; U. of Southern California, 1937.

Member, Massachusetts Bar.

Associate, Ropes, Gray, Best, Coolidge and Rugg, Boston, 1942-1945.

Recipient, Phillips Award, American Philosophical Society, 1935.

Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences; Delta Chi; Phi Delta Phi; Phi Beta Kappa; Order of the Coif.

d. April 8, 1978.

From the guide to the Papers, 1926-1977, (Harvard Law School Library, Harvard University)