Archibald Cox (1912-2004) served on the Harvard Law School faculty from 1945 to 2004. He was a Visiting Lecturer on Law 1945-1946; Professor of Law 1946-1958; Acting Vice Dean of the Faculty of Law 1947; Royall Professor of Law 1958-1961; Williston Professor of Law 1965-1976; Carl. M. Loeb University Professor 1976-1984; and an Emeritus professor 1984-2004.
Research: Torts, administrative law, constitutional law, labor law.
Education: Harvard College A.B. 1934; Harvard Law School LL.B. 1937.
Selected Scholarship / Representative Publications: “Law and the National Labor Policy” (1960); “Civil Rights, the Constitution and the Courts” (1967); “Freedom of Expression” (1981); “The Court and the Constitution” (1987).
Noteworthy Appointments: U.S. Solicitor General; Special Prosecutor, Watergate investigation, 1973; Chair, Common Cause, 1980-1992.