Arthur Eugene Sutherland (1902-1973) served on the Harvard Law School faculty from 1950 to 1973. He was a Professor of Law 1950-1955; Bussey Professor of Law 1955-1970; and an Emeritus professor 1970-1973.
Research: Constitutional law, commercial law.
Education: Wesleyan University A.B. 1922; Harvard Law School LL.B. 1925.
Selected Scholarship / Representative Publications: “Cases and Materials on Ownership, Promises, and Security in Commercial Transactions” (co-author, first published 1950); “Constitutionalism in America: Origin and Evolution of its Fundamental Ideas” (1965); “The Law at Harvard: A History of Ideas and Men, 1817-1967” (first published 1967).
Noteworthy Appointments: Awarded the Legion of Merit with Oak Leaf Cluster and the Bronze Star in World War II.