Paul Michael Bator (1929-1989) served on the Harvard Law School faculty from 1959 to 1986. He was an Assistant Professor of Law 1959-1962; Professor of Law 1962-1981; Associate Dean of the Faculty of Law 1971-1975; and Bruce Bromley Professor of Law 1981-1986.
Research: Federal courts.
Education: Princeton University A.B. 1951; Harvard University M.A. 1953; Harvard Law School LL.B. 1956.
Selected Scholarship / Representative Publications: “Federal Courts and the Federal System” (first edition with Bator as co-author, 1973).
Noteworthy Appointments: U.S. Deputy Solicitor General, 1982-1984; John P. Wilson Professor of Law, University of Chicago, 1986-1989.