Stanley Sterling Surrey (1910-1984)

Stanley Sterling Surrey (1910-1984) served on the Harvard Law School faculty from 1950 to 1984. He was a Professor of Law 1950-1958; Jeremiah Smith, Jr. Professor of Law 1958-1961 and 1969-1981; and an Emeritus professor 1981-1984.  

Research: Taxation.  

Education: City College of New York B.S. 1929; Columbia University Law School LL.B. 1932.  

Selected Scholarship / Representative Publications: “Federal Income Taxation: Cases and Materials” (first published 1950); “Pathways to Tax Reform: The Concept of Tax Expenditures” (1973); “Federal Wealth Transfer Taxation: Cases and Materials” (first published 1977).  

Noteworthy Appointments: Assistant Secretary for Taxation Policy, 1961; President, National Tax Association, 1979-1980.