- Paul Cravath
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name = Paul Cravath
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birth_date = birth date|1861|7|14
birth_place =Berlin Heights, Ohio
death_date = death date and age|1940|7|1|1861|7|14
death_place =Locust Valley, New York
height = convert|6|ft|4|in|m|2|abbr=on|lk=on
weight = convert|240|lb|kg|0|abbr=on|lk=on
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alma_mater =Oberlin College Columbia Law School
occupation =Lawyer
spouse =Agnes Huntington (1892–1926)
nationality = flag|United StatesPaul Drennan Cravath (
July 14 ,1861 –July 1 ,1940 ) was a millionairelawyer ofManhattan and a partner of thelaw firm today known asCravath, Swaine & Moore . He graduated fromColumbia Law School in 1886 and was awarded first Municipal Law prize and prize tutorship.He joined the law firm of Blatchford, Seward & Griswold in 1899. His book of business included:
Bethlehem Steel ,Baltimore and Ohio Railroad ,Kuhn, Loeb & Co. ,Chemical Bank ,E. R. Squibb & Sons , Columbia Gas & Electric,Studebaker Corp. [ [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,795074,00.html Time.com] ] His name was added to the firm's moniker in 1901. [ [http://www.cravath.com/attachments/80E11F11B4666F658525716C004C74BD.pdf LAWDRAGON, April 2006] ] Cravath was the authoritative head of the firm from 1906 until his death in 1940, and his conceptions of the management of a law office still control its operations. [ [http://www.law.du.edu/russell/lh/alh/docs/rtswayne.html Robert Taylor Swaine, The Cravath Firm and Its Predecessors (New York: Ad Press, 1946-48)] ]Paul Cravath was one of the founding officers of the
Council on Foreign Relations in 1921. The founding President of the CFR wasJohn W. Davis , a name partner of the law firmDavis Polk & Wardwell .He became chairman of the
Metropolitan Opera in 1931. [ [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,795074,00.html Time.com] ]References
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*cite web |url=http://www.anb.org/articles/11/11-00196.html |title=Cravath, Paul Drennan |accessdate=2008-09-16 |last=Mendales |first=Richard E. |coauthors= |date=July, 2001 |work=American National Biography Online |publisher=
*cite news
author=
title=President Jones
date=1926-03-01
work=Time Magazine
url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,729049,00.html
accessdate=2008-08-10
* [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,795074,00.html Time.com]
* [http://www.cravath.com/attachments/80E11F11B4666F658525716C004C74BD.pdf Cravath, Swaine & Moore]
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