Earl C. Arnold
BornJune 8, 1884
Iola, Kansas, U.S.
DiedNovember 21, 1949
Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.
Alma materBaker University
Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law

Earl Caspar Arnold (8 June 1884 – 21 November 1949) was an American academic administrator. He served as the dean of the Vanderbilt University Law School from 1930 to 1945.

Early life

Arnold was born on 8 June 1884 in Iola, Kansas.[1] He graduated from Baker University in 1906, and he earned a JD from the Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law in 1909.[2]

Career

Arnold was a Law professor at the University of Idaho, the University of Florida, the University of Cincinnati and George Washington University.[2] He was the dean of the Vanderbilt University Law School from 1930 to 1945.[3]

Arnold authored Outlines of Suretyship and Guardianship.[2][4]

Personal life and death

Arnold married Susan Vaughan.[2] They had a son and a daughter.[2] They resided on Rosemont Avenue in Nashville.[2] He was a member of the Cosmos Club.[5] At the time of his death, they were building a house in Montgomery County, Tennessee.[2]

Arnold died on November 21, 1949, at Mid-State Baptist Hospital in Nashville.[6] His funeral was held at the West End United Methodist Church in Nashville, and he was buried in Iola, Kansas.[6][7]

References

  1. ^ "Arnold, Earl C. (Earl Caspar), 1884-1949". LC Name Authority File. Library of Congress. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g "Earl C. Arnold". The Tennessean. November 22, 1949. p. 31. Retrieved July 19, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Vanderbilt Law School Deans". Vanderbilt Law School. Retrieved July 19, 2018.
  4. ^ Little, Charles G. (March 1928). "Reviewed Work: Outline of Suretyship and Guaranty by Earl C. Arnold". University of Pennsylvania Law Review and American Law Register. 76 (5): 625–626. doi:10.2307/3307662. JSTOR 3307662.
  5. ^ Who's who in the Nation's Capital. Consolidated Publishing Company. 1926.
  6. ^ a b "Earl C. Arnold". The Tennessean. November 23, 1949. p. 19. Retrieved July 19, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Dean Arnold Buried In Kansas". The Leaf-Chronicle. November 23, 1949. p. 1. Retrieved July 19, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.


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