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Hardy Cross Dillard

Judge on the World Court 1970-1979 (1902-1982) · United States · On the map · Academics · Died at 79

Hardy Cross Dillard was an American jurist who served as a judge on the International Court of Justice from 1970 to 1979, as a judge appointed by Queen Elizabeth II to a court of arbitration concerning the Beagle Channel islands dispute, Dean of the University of Virginia School of Law (1963-1968), legal adviser to...

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Hardy Cross Dillard was an American jurist who served as a judge on the International Court of Justice from 1970 to 1979, as a judge appointed by Queen Elizabeth II to a court of arbitration concerning the Beagle Channel islands dispute, Dean of the University of Virginia School of Law (1963-1968), legal adviser to the High Commissioner for Germany (1950), first director of the National War College (1946), and as a colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II (1941-1946). During World War II, Dillard served as deputy chief of staff for civil affairs (G5) in the China Command, Commander of the Civil Affairs Staging Area at the Presidio of Monterey where he oversaw preparation and planning for the Occupation of Japan and as commander of the European Civil Affairs Training Division of SHAEF in preparation for Operation Overlord. Previously, he initiated and served as director of the School of Military Government.

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United States
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1902 to 1982 · aged 79