Honorary awards
Dr Erwin Griswold
On 16 August 1951, the Chancellor Sir Charles Bickerton Blackburn conferred the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws upon the Dean of Harvard Law School, Dr Erwin Griswold.
Dr Griswold was visiting Australia for the seventh Legal Convention of the Law Council.
From left: Professor Griswold with the Master of the Rolls, Sir Raymond Evershed, photo from 'The Sydney Morning Herald', 17 August 1951, National Library of Australia, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18217864.
From left: the Rt Hon Viscount Jowitt (Lord High Chancellor of Britain), Chancellor Sir Charles Bickerton Blackburn and Dr Erwin Griswold, photo, University of Sydney Archives.
From left: Vice-Chancellor Emeritus Professor Stephen Roberts; the Right Honourable Viscount Jowitt; Chancellor Sir Charles Bickerton Blackburn; Chief Justice of Australia the Right Honourable Sir John Lathall; Dean of Harvard Law School Dr Erwin Griswold; Sir Raymond Evershed, Master of the Rolls, photo, 'The Gazette' 1952, University of Sydney Archives.
Report
Dr Erwin Griswold was Master of Arts of Aberlin College, Bachelor of Laws and Doctor of Juridical Science of Harvard University. He had written many works of scholarship and had initiated new courses in fields of law such as the Study of Legislation. Dean Griswold was recognised as an authority in the field of Taxation. 'It was an honour to the University that not only could we pay tribute to Dean Griswold, but also, through him, to the great institution of which he is head.'
From 'The Gazette' 1952