Zechariah Chafee Jr.

A Rhode Islander who was educated at Brown University and Harvard Law School, ZECHARIAH CHAFEE, JR., was appointed to the law faculty at Harvard in 1916. Since 1950 he has been one of Harvard’s University Professors. He is a most trenchant defender of civil rights,and in the paper which follows he shows where and to what extent we have lost ground in recent years. This will appear as a chapter in his forthcoming book, The Blessings of liberty, which Lippincott will publish this month.

A son of Rhode Island who was educated at Brown University and Harvard Law School. ZECHARIAH CHAFEE. JR., was appointed to the law faculty at Harvard in 1916. Since 1950 he has been one of Harvard’s University Professors. A most trenchant defender of civil rights, he is best known for his authoritative book. Free Speech in the United States (1941). a subject which he has been studying intensively since 1916. The article which follows contains the gist of a recent address delivered at the University of Oregon.