Herbert Wechsler Papers, 1919-2000, bulk 1932-1995

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Series IX: Honors and Awards, 1936-1993

Series IX: Honors and Awards (2 boxes, 1 linear foot) This small series relates to the awards and honors, including honorary degrees, which Herbert Wechsler received, and contains the correspondence and other documentation sorrounding these awards. For the actual certificates themselves as well as additional honors and awards, see Series XIII: Oversize Documents, Photos, and Ephemera.



Box 88 Folder 1 American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1964


Box 88 Folder 2 American Bar Foundation, Fellows Award, 1967


Box 88 Folder 3 American Law Institute, Designation as Life Member, 1980


Box 88 Folder 4 City College of New York, 1936 , 1967


Box 88 Folder 5 City College of New York Alumni Association, Townsend Harris Medal, 1969


Box 88 Folder 6 College Board, Trustees Award, Undated


Box 88 Folder 7 Columbia University, Bicentennial Silver Medallion, 1954


Box 88 Folder 8 Columbia University Law School, Designation as Harlan Fiske Stone Professor of Constitutional Law, 1978


Box 88 Folder 9 Columbia University Law School, LL.D. (honorary), honoris causa, 1978


Box 88 Folder 10 Edwin Sutherland Award, 1963


Box 88 Folder 11 General Honors and Awards, 1963-1978 , 1981-1985 , 1993


Box 88 Folder 12 Georgetown University Law School, Doctor of Laws, honoris causa, 1984


Box 88 Folder 13 Harvard University Law School, Doctor of Laws, honoris causa, 1967



Box 89 Folder 1 John Jay College of Criminal Justice, Doctor of Laws, honoris causa, 1988


Box 89 Folder 2 Order of the Coif, Honorary Membership, 1983


Box 89 Folder 3 Oxford College Fellowship, 1969


Box 89 Folder 4 University of Chicago, Doctor of Laws, honoris causa, 1962


Box 89 Folder 5 Yale University, Doctor of Laws, honoris causa, 1990-1991