Theodore Hope (lawyer)
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Theodore S. Hope Jr. was a corporate law
yer in New York City
for over 50 years.
, Delta Upsilon
graduate with a Bachelor of Science
in 1892, and was a New York City
attorney in the late 19th century and early 20th century. His wife, Winifred (Ayres) Hope, was one of the founding members and Vice-President of the "College Club" of Ridgewood, New Jersey
, where they resided in 1913.
Winifred Ayres was the second of four daughters born to father Marshall Ayres, Jr.
of Griggsville, Illinois
, whose grandparents were Marshall Ayres
and Hannah (Lombard) Ayers, natives of Truro, Massachusetts
, on Cape Cod
, and whose ancestors came to North America on the Mayflower
. Winifred's grandfather Marshall was one of the pioneer residents of Griggsville in 1821. Her father, Marshall Jr., after being raised in Griggsville, went to Boston
to attend Harvard University
in 1860, graduating with honors in 1863.
After graduation, Marshall Jr. went to New York
as a financier in the oil industry. He partnered with Josiah Lombard to create the Lombard, Ayres & Company. The Lombard, Ayers & Co. became extremely successful, and both partners very rich. In a Chicago
wedding, Marshall Jr. married Louise Sanderson, daughter of Levi Sanderson, who was one of the founders of Galesburg, Illinois
.
Louise and Marshall Jr. had four children, but she died on August 2, 1886. Marshall Jr. then married Frances N. Nobel of Provincetown, Massachusetts
, and retired in 1900 to Newbury, New Hampshire
. Marshall Jr. died August 15, 1905.
His contributions to law include:
1936.
after practicing corporate law in New York City for over 50 years, donated 482 acres (195.1 ha) of land to the New England Forestry Foundation.
In 1991, ownership of 376 acres (152.2 ha) of the donated land was transferred to the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests
and named the Emily & Theodore Hope Forest
.
Theodore died at the age of 95 in Danbury, on October 9, 1998.
, had five children, and became very active in the hiking
and preservation community of New Hampshire. As a Green Mountain Club
member, he organized hikes through the Hope Forest. He was Excursions Co-Chair for the New Hampshire chapter of the Appalachian Mountain Club
, and he was Chair of the New Hampshire Sierra Club
Outings.
Corporate law
Corporate law is the study of how shareholders, directors, employees, creditors, and other stakeholders such as consumers, the community and the environment interact with one another. Corporate law is a part of a broader companies law...
yer in New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
for over 50 years.
Ancestry
Theodore Hope, Sr., was a University of New YorkUniversity of New York
University of New York may refer to:*University of New York in Prague, Czech Republic*University of New York Tirana, Albania* University of New York, fictional university on the American television series Felicity , modelled on New York University-See also:*There is no institution of higher...
, Delta Upsilon
Delta Upsilon
Delta Upsilon is the sixth oldest international, all-male, college Greek-letter organization, and is the oldest non-secret fraternity in North America...
graduate with a Bachelor of Science
Bachelor of Science
A Bachelor of Science is an undergraduate academic degree awarded for completed courses that generally last three to five years .-Australia:In Australia, the BSc is a 3 year degree, offered from 1st year on...
in 1892, and was a New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
attorney in the late 19th century and early 20th century. His wife, Winifred (Ayres) Hope, was one of the founding members and Vice-President of the "College Club" of Ridgewood, New Jersey
Ridgewood, New Jersey
Ridgewood is a village in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the village population was 24,958. Ridgewood is an affluent suburban bedroom community of New York City, located approximately northwest of Midtown Manhattan.The Village of Ridgewood was...
, where they resided in 1913.
Winifred Ayres was the second of four daughters born to father Marshall Ayres, Jr.
Marshall Ayres, Jr.
Marshall Ayres, Jr. was an industrial financier.-Personal life:Marshall Ayres, Jr. was born on February 20, 1839, in Griggsville, Illinois, to father Marshall Ayres and mother Hannah Ayers, who were native to Truro, Massachusetts, on Cape Cod...
of Griggsville, Illinois
Griggsville, Illinois
Griggsville is a city in Pike County, Illinois, United States. The population was 1,258 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Griggsville is located at ....
, whose grandparents were Marshall Ayres
Marshall Ayres
Marshall Ayres was one of the founding pioneers of the Midwest, particularly around the Chicago region.-Early years:Marshall was born June 28, 1807 in Truro, Massachusetts . He was the seventh child of nine born to father Dr. Jason Ayres and mother Betsey Holman who were married April 17, 1791...
and Hannah (Lombard) Ayers, natives of Truro, Massachusetts
Truro, Massachusetts
Truro is a town in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States, comprising two villages: Truro and North Truro. Located two hours outside Boston, it is a summer vacation community just south of the northern tip of Cape Cod, in an area known as the "Outer Cape"...
, on Cape Cod
Cape Cod
Cape Cod, often referred to locally as simply the Cape, is a cape in the easternmost portion of the state of Massachusetts, in the Northeastern United States...
, and whose ancestors came to North America on the Mayflower
Mayflower
The Mayflower was the ship that transported the English Separatists, better known as the Pilgrims, from a site near the Mayflower Steps in Plymouth, England, to Plymouth, Massachusetts, , in 1620...
. Winifred's grandfather Marshall was one of the pioneer residents of Griggsville in 1821. Her father, Marshall Jr., after being raised in Griggsville, went to Boston
Boston
Boston is the capital of and largest city in Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England" for its economic and cultural impact on the entire New England region. The city proper had...
to attend Harvard University
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
in 1860, graduating with honors in 1863.
After graduation, Marshall Jr. went to New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
as a financier in the oil industry. He partnered with Josiah Lombard to create the Lombard, Ayres & Company. The Lombard, Ayers & Co. became extremely successful, and both partners very rich. In a Chicago
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
wedding, Marshall Jr. married Louise Sanderson, daughter of Levi Sanderson, who was one of the founders of Galesburg, Illinois
Galesburg, Illinois
Galesburg is a city in Knox County, Illinois, in the United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 32,195. It is the county seat of Knox County....
.
Louise and Marshall Jr. had four children, but she died on August 2, 1886. Marshall Jr. then married Frances N. Nobel of Provincetown, Massachusetts
Provincetown, Massachusetts
Provincetown is a New England town located at the extreme tip of Cape Cod in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 3,431 at the 2000 census, with an estimated 2007 population of 3,174...
, and retired in 1900 to Newbury, New Hampshire
Newbury, New Hampshire
Newbury is a town in Merrimack County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 2,072 at the 2010 census. Newbury is home to part of Lake Sunapee, including Mount Sunapee State Park Beach. Mount Sunapee Resort, a ski area in Mount Sunapee State Park, is in the west...
. Marshall Jr. died August 15, 1905.
Career
Theodore S. Hope Jr., was a 1925 Columbia Law graduate, and then Assistant Professor of Law at Columbia through 1929.His contributions to law include:
- He was on the Editorial Board for the Columbia Law ReviewColumbia Law ReviewThe Columbia Law Review is a law review edited and published by students at Columbia Law School. In addition to articles, the journal regularly publishes scholarly essays and student notes. It was founded in 1901 by Joseph E. Corrigan and John M. Woolsey, who served as the review's first...
1928-1929. - Co-author with William Underhill MooreWilliam Underhill MooreWilliam Underhill Moore was an American law professor who taught at Yale Law School , having previously taught at Columbia. His principal teaching fields were commercial bank credit and business organizations, Moore was considered one of the intellectual leaders of the Legal Realism movement at...
of "An Institutional Approach to the Law of Commercial Banking”, Yale Law JournalYale Law JournalThe Yale Law Journal is a student-run law review affiliated with the Yale Law School. Published continuously since 1891, it is the most widely known of the eight law reviews published by students at Yale Law School...
, 1929, an explanation and prediction of banking law decisions that "did not appear to derive from existing legal rules by determining the extent to which the facts of the case deviated from normal banking practice." - Co-author with William Underhill Moore of "Legal and institutional methods applied to the debating of direct discounts." 1931.
- Co-author with Herman OliphantHerman OliphantHerman Oliphant was a professor of law. He started at the University of Chicago, going to Columbia University in 1922. Shortly after arriving there, he wrote to the university's president, Nicholas Murray Butler, outlining some plans he had for reorganizing the curriculum of the law school...
of "Study of Day Calendars" 1932, an in-depth look into how time affects trial cases. - Part of the legal team for United States vs. Curtiss-Wright Export Corp. U.S. Supreme Court Case 98.,
1936.
- In 1940, he was appointed Assistant Professor at the Cornell Law SchoolCornell Law SchoolCornell Law School, located in Ithaca, New York, is a graduate school of Cornell University and one of the five Ivy League law schools. The school confers three law degrees...
. - In 1947, he was part of the five man legal team representing the U.S. film industries' interests vs. DenmarkDenmarkDenmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
's government. - He developed an institutional approach to the law of commercial bankCommercial bankAfter the implementation of the Glass–Steagall Act, the U.S. Congress required that banks engage only in banking activities, whereas investment banks were limited to capital market activities. As the two no longer have to be under separate ownership under U.S...
ing as described in his published essay on the subject in the book American Legal Theory (The International Library of Essays in Law and Legal Theory. Schools, No 6), 1944. - Later in his career he worked for the Wall StreetWall StreetWall Street refers to the financial district of New York City, named after and centered on the eight-block-long street running from Broadway to South Street on the East River in Lower Manhattan. Over time, the term has become a metonym for the financial markets of the United States as a whole, or...
firm of Donovan Leisure Newton & Irvine. - He assisted in the writing of "A History of William Morris's Typographical Adventure", by William S. Peterson, 1988.
The Hope Forest
In 1987, Theodore S. Hope, Jr. and his wife Emily Blanchard Hope, who retired to Danbury, New HampshireDanbury, New Hampshire
In 1800, there were 165 people living in Danbury, according to the first official census.As of the 2000 census, there were 1,071 people, 435 households, and 310 families residing in the town. The population density was 28.6 people per square mile . There were 596 housing units at an average...
after practicing corporate law in New York City for over 50 years, donated 482 acres (195.1 ha) of land to the New England Forestry Foundation.
In 1991, ownership of 376 acres (152.2 ha) of the donated land was transferred to the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests
Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests
The Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests is a private, non-profit land-conservation organization based in the U.S. state of New Hampshire. It purchases or is given easements or outright ownership of undeveloped land, as a way to keep it open, and also performs advocacy and education...
and named the Emily & Theodore Hope Forest
Emily & Theodore Hope Forest
The Emily & Theodore Hope Forest is a permanent forest reservation located in Danbury, New Hampshire.-History:In 1987, Theodore S. Hope, Jr. and his wife Emily Blanchard Hope, who retired to Danbury after practicing corporate law in New York City for over 50 years, donated of land to the New...
.
Theodore died at the age of 95 in Danbury, on October 9, 1998.
Offspring
Their only son, Peter Blanchard Hope (1936- ), settled down a few towns over in Grantham, New HampshireGrantham, New Hampshire
Grantham is a town in Sullivan County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 2,985 at the 2010 census. This made Grantham the fastest growing town numerically in Sullivan County between the 2000 and 2010 censuses...
, had five children, and became very active in the hiking
Hiking
Hiking is an outdoor activity which consists of walking in natural environments, often in mountainous or other scenic terrain. People often hike on hiking trails. It is such a popular activity that there are numerous hiking organizations worldwide. The health benefits of different types of hiking...
and preservation community of New Hampshire. As a Green Mountain Club
Green Mountain Club
The Green Mountain Club is a non-profit membership organization dedicated to preserving and protecting Vermont's Long Trail - America's first long-distance hiking trail which stretches from Massachusetts to the Canadian border along Vermont's high ridgeline...
member, he organized hikes through the Hope Forest. He was Excursions Co-Chair for the New Hampshire chapter of the Appalachian Mountain Club
Appalachian Mountain Club
The Appalachian Mountain Club is one of the United States' oldest outdoor groups. Created in 1876 to explore and preserve the White Mountains in New Hampshire, it has expanded throughout the northeastern U.S., with 12 chapters stretching from Maine to Washington, D.C...
, and he was Chair of the New Hampshire Sierra Club
Sierra Club
The Sierra Club is the oldest, largest, and most influential grassroots environmental organization in the United States. It was founded on May 28, 1892, in San Francisco, California, by the conservationist and preservationist John Muir, who became its first president...
Outings.