The Papers of Hardy Cross Dillard
Dates
- Creation: 1925-1981
Biographical / Historical
1902 - Born in New Orleans, Louisiana on 23 October to James Hardy and Avarene Lippincott Budd Dillard
1911-1912 - Lived in France and attended a French Lycee
1915-1916 - Attended high school in Charlottesville, Virginia
1916-1919 - Attended and graduated from Virginia EpiscopalSchool, Lynchburg, Va.
1919-1920 - Attended University of Virginia
1920-1924 - Attended and graduated from United States Military Academy
1924-1927 - Attended and graduated from University of Virginia Law School
1926 - Summer law clerk, Price, Smith and Spillman, Charleston, W. Va.
1927 - Admitted to Virginia Bar
1927-1929 - Acting Assistant Professor, University of Virginia Law School
1928 - Travelled in England, France, Italy and Algiers
1929-1930 - Practiced law at Gregg and Church, New York, N.Y.
1930-1931 - Carnegie Endowment Fellow, (Faculte de droit,) University of Paris
1931-1933 - Acting assistant (associate?) professor, University of Virginia Law School
1932-1933 - Summer associate, Davis, Polk, Wardwell, Gardiner and Reed, New York, N.Y.
1933-1938 - Associate Professor, University of Virginia Law School
1934 - Married Janet Gray Schauffler
1935 - Birth of Joan Jarvis Dillard
1937-1940 - Assistant Dean, University of Virginia Law School
1937-1970 - Advisory Editor, Virginia Quarterly Review
1938-1970 - Professor, University of Virginia Law School
1937 - Birth of Hardy Schauffler Dillard
1938-1942 - Director, Institute of Public Affairs
1942 - Major, U.S. Army; promoted to Lt. Colonel, same year
1942-1945 - Received command and staff assignments in Europe and Far East; awarded Legion of Merit with Oak Leaf Cluster and Bronze Star Medal
1943 - Promoted to Colonel, U.S. Army
1943-1944 - Director of Academic Instruction, School for Military Government
1946 - First Director of Studies, National War College
1947-1950 - Consultant, Brookings Institution
1947 - Resumed teaching at University of Virginia Law School
1948 - Colonel, U.S. Army Reserve
1949-1952 - Member of Board of Consultants, National War College
1949 - Member, Civilian Advisory Group, National War College
1950 - Active duty in International Section, Pentagon; Legal Consultant, Office of High Commissioner for Germany; Lecturer, France and Germany
1951-1954 - Member, Board of Consultants, National War College
1952-1961 - Trustee, Virginia Episcopal School
1953 - Fulbright Lecturer, Oxford University
1957 - Summer active duty, Judge Advocate General's School
1956 - Civilian Consultant, Army War College
1956-1962 - Editor, Virginia Bar News
1957 - Carnegie Lecturer, Hague Academy of International Law
1957 - Recipient, Raven Award
1957 - Consultant, NATO Defense College in France
1958-1970 - James Monroe Professor of Law, University of Virginia Law School
1962 - Secretary, Defense Committee on Non-technical Instruction in Armed Forces
1962 - Lecturer, Egyptian Society of International Law and University of Cairo
1962-1963 - Visiting Professor of Law, Columbia University
1962-1963 - President, American Society of International Law
1963-1979 -Member of Council, American Law Institute
1963-1968 - Dean, University of Virginia Law School
1965 - Member, Virginia Magna Charta Commission
1965 - Member, Special Advisory Committee, Air Force Academy
1966-1970 - Permanent Advisory Council, Air Force Academy
1966 - Sibley Lecturer, University of Georgia
1967 - Recipient, Thomas Jefferson Award, University of Virginia
1967 - Member, UNESCO Committee on the Role of UNESCO in the Teaching and Dissemination of International Law
1967 - Tucker Lecturer, Washington and Lee Law School
1967 - Bailey Lecturer, Louisiana State University
1968 - Member, Virginia Commission on Constitution Revision
1970 - Recipient of Distinguished Civilian Award, U.S. Air Force
1970-1979 - Judge, International Court of Justice, The Hague
1970 - Death of Janet Schauffler Dillard
1971 - Member, Arbitral Tribunal, Beagle Channel Case between Chile and Argentina
1971 - Recipient of Honorary Degree, Tulane University
1972 - Married Valgerdur Nielsen Dent
1976 - Recipient of Honorary Degree, Washington College, Maryland
1977 - Mooers Lecturer, American University
1979 - Recipient of the Wolfgang Friedman Memorial Award, Columbia University
1979 - Honorary president, American Law Institute
1982 - Died on 12 May in Charlottesville, Virginia
Extent
41 Cubic Feet (99 archival boxes, plus some oversize folders)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Professional and personal papers that reflect Dillard’s career as law professor and dean of the University of Virginia School of Law, as a scholar, and as judge to the International Court of Justice. There are university related files especially concerning the honor system; case materials for McClanahan v. California Spray-Chemical Corporation, case he argued before the Virginia Supreme Court; his work in the International Court of Justice and other local organizations and some personal notes related to school segregation. The collection has many photographs and memorabilia.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The papers of Hardy Cross Dillard were deposited at the Law Library by his widow, Val Dillard, on 31 October 1984.
- Title
- Inventory to the Addition to the Papers of Hardy Cross Dillard1925-1981 MSS 84-8
- Subtitle
- Dillard, Hardy Cross, Additional Papers, 1925-1981MSS 84-8
- Date
- © 2001 By the Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia. All rights reserved.
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- Undetermined
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- Language of description note
- Description is inEnglish
- Sponsor
- Web version of the finding aid funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Repository Details
Part of the Arthur J. Morris Law Library Special Collections Repository
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University of Virginia
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