Henry Moore Bates

Henry Moore Bates (March 30, 1869-1949) was an American lawyer, born at Chicago and educated at the University of Michigan and Northwestern University. After practicing law at Chicago, 1892-1903, he became Tappan professor of law at the University of Michigan and was made dean of the Law School there in 1910. In 1917-18 he was professor of law at the Harvard Law School and in 1921 he was appointed Commissioner of Uniform State Laws. He was president of the Association of American Law Schools (1912-13), a member of the Executive Committee of the American Institute of Criminal Law (1911-14), and president of the Order of the Coif (1913-16).