Evening star., 1932-07-11
CHAS. n. GREGORY
SUCCUMbS AT 81
Authority on International
Law, III Since Last
April, Expires.

Charles Noble Gregory, authority en-
international law. died at his hone,
2ll4 Bancroft Place last night in his
eighty-firSt year He had been i'll since
April.
A native Of Otsego County, N. Y, he
had served as dean of schools Of law
at Wisconsin. Iowa and George Wash
ingtOn Universities. For II years he
was an editor of the American Journal
Of International Law. and for IA years
chairman of the American Bar AsSocia-
tion's Committee on International Law.
In 1910 he was an American delegate
to the Brussels Scientific Conference.
At the time of his death he was an
honorary vice president of the Ameri-
can branch of the International Law
Association ard member of the Royal
Society of Arts, London. He was un-
married.
Educated at Wisconsin U.
Mr.. Gregory was educated at the
University of Wisconsin. where he re-
ceived the degrees of Bachelor of Arts,
Bachelor of Laws. Master Of Arts and
Doctor of Law He established a law
practice in Madison Wis. in 1872, and.
as a member of several firms, rep
resented the Chicago. Milwaukee g. st.
tdul railway lUI IIldlly years.
Retiring from active practice in 1894
Mr. Gregory went into the field of legal
education as dean of law at his alma
mater, later going to Iowa, and in 1911
coming to George Washington Univer-
sitv here.
During his years of practice in Madi-
son, he served on that city'S board OF
aldermen and the board Of education
and was editor of the Tariff Reform
Advocate during 1888.
He had written articles for the lead
ing English and American legal publi-
cations, especially on international
law. and for literary publications. and
had given addresses before bar associa-
tions Of many states as well as other
gatherings.
In addition to membership in many
national and international professional
groups. he belonged to the Society of
Colonial Wars. Wisconsin State His
torical Society, Phi Beta Kappa, Psi
Upsilon and Phi Delta Phi fraternities.
He was chairman of the meeting held
at Saratoga, which formed the Ameri-
can Association CT Law Schools of
which he was president in 1909, and
was chairman on the subsection on
international law at the an-American
Scientific Congress in 1916. He was a
member of L 'institut de Droit Compare
of Brussels.
His clubs included the Metropolitan,
Chevy Chase and Cosmos of this city,
and the Century Club of New York.
Some of the works of which he was
author are: The Life of Justice Mil
Ter of the Supreme Court of the United
States" Abstracts of Gases Contained
in Lloyd's Register of Prize Cases." and
others.
MIR Gregory's brother, the late
Stephen Gregory of Chicago, was at
one time president of the American Bar
Association. Stephen Gregory's widow
and three children all of Winnetka ILL.,,
survive. A sister. Miss Cora Gregory,
died some years ago.
Funeral services will be held tomor-
row at 2:30 pm. at his residence, and
the body will be taken to Madison, Wis,
fer burial
Two friends. DR.. Robert W. Baker and
Charles Henry Butler, Washington
attorney, were with Mr.. Gregory at the
time of death.
Besides Dr. Eaker and Mr.. Butler,
honorary pallbearers will be Joseph E.
Davis, James B. Scott, Edward c. Harri-
man, Col. L. w. Heron, Col. Jennings
S. Wise and Oscar Billiard.