Educator, Administrator & Politician
Nathan Roscoe Pound (1870 - 1964) was born and raised in Lincoln, Nebraska.
He taught law at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and served as dean of the law school for four years.
Pound served on the Nebraska Supreme Court as Commissioner of Appeals from 1901 - 1903 and taught at other universities before returning to Harvard as a law professor in 1910. He later became Dean of Harvard Law in 1916 until retiring in 1936.
He was also a notable botanist and pioneer ecologist.
Nathan Pound was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1975-76.
Other Resources:
Nathan Roscoe Pound - manuscript finding aid
(includes short biography)
