Alpheus Henry Snow (November 8, 1859 – August 19, 1920) was an American lawyer and scholarly investigator in the field of

international law International law (also known as public international law and the law of nations) is the set of rules, norms, and standards generally recognized as binding between states. It establishes normative guidelines and a common conceptual framework for ...

Biography

Snow was born in Claremont, New Hampshire, where he was a student at the Stevens High School (New Hampshire) until 1876. Between 1876 and 1877 be studied at

Trinity College Trinity College may refer to: Australia * Trinity Anglican College, an Anglican coeducational primary and secondary school in , New South Wales * Trinity Catholic College, Auburn, a coeducational school in the inner-western suburbs of Sydney, New ...

, Hartford, before entering

Yale University Yale University is a private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. Established in 1701 as the Collegiate School, it is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and among the most prestigious in the wo ...

. He graduated from Yale in 1879 and then entered

Harvard Law School Harvard Law School (Harvard Law or HLS) is the law school of Harvard University, a private research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1817, it is the oldest continuously operating law school in the United States. Each class ...

, gaining a Bachelor of Laws degree in 1883. He initially practiced law in Hartford before moving to

Indianapolis Indianapolis (), colloquially known as Indy, is the state capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Indiana and the seat of Marion County. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the consolidated population of Indianapolis and Marion ...

, where he joined the firm of McDonald and Butler. Snow married the daughter of his senior partner, Margaret Maynard Butler. After he withdrew from active practice in law, the Snows moved to

Washington, D.C. ) , image_skyline = , image_caption = Clockwise from top left: the Washington Monument and Lincoln Memorial on the National Mall, United States Capitol, Logan Circle, Jefferson Memorial, White House, Adams Morgan, ...

, where he joined the

American Society of International Law The American Society of International Law (ASIL), founded in 1906, was chartered by the United States Congress in 1950 to foster the study of international law, and to promote the establishment and maintenance of international relations on the ba ...

in 1906, and then became involved with the American Society for the Judicial Settlement of International Disputes. Snow is described as being "deeply interested in the movement for international peace from its legal aspect." In 1910 he served as the American delegate to the International Conference on Social Insurance, held at

The Hague The Hague ( ; nl, Den Haag or ) is a city and municipality of the Netherlands, situated on the west coast facing the North Sea. The Hague is the country's administrative centre and its seat of government, and while the official capital of ...

. The same year he was also elected as a member of the Executive Council of the American Society of International Law. He died on August 19, 1920, in New York City, New York.

Alpheus Henry Snow Prize

The Alpheus Henry Snow Prize is awarded to the senior at Yale who "through the combination of intellectual achievement, character and personality, shall be adjudged by the faculty to have done the most for Yale by inspiring in his or her classmates an admiration and love for the best traditions of high scholarship." Winners have included

F. O. Matthiessen Francis Otto Matthiessen (February 19, 1902 – April 1, 1950) was an educator, scholar and literary critic influential in the fields of American literature and American studies. His best known work, ''American Renaissance: Art and Expression in ...

Prosser Gifford Prosser Gifford was a historian, author, and academic administrator. He held various positions at notable academic institutions including the position of first Dean of Faculty at Amherst College. He is probably best known for his work as Director ...

Eugene V. Rostow Eugene Victor Rostow (August 25, 1913 – November 25, 2002) was an American legal scholar and public servant. He was Dean of Yale Law School and served as Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs under President Lyndon B. Johnson. In the ...

, Jake Sullivan, Jan Deutsch, Andre Schiffrin,

McGeorge Bundy McGeorge "Mac" Bundy (March 30, 1919 – September 16, 1996) was an American academic who served as the U.S. National Security Advisor to Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson from 1961 through 1966. He was president of the Ford Founda ...

Strobe Talbott Nelson Strobridge Talbott III (born April 25, 1946) is an American foreign policy analyst focused on Russia. He was associated with ''Time'' magazine, and a diplomat who served as the Deputy Secretary of State from 1994 to 2001. He was president ...

, Cord Meyer, Gaylord Donnelley,

Maynard Mack Maynard Mack (October 27, 1909 – March 17, 2001) was an American literary critic and English professor. Mack earned both his bachelor's degree (1932; Alpheus Henry Snow Prize) and Ph.D. (1936) at Yale. An expert on Shakespeare and Alexander ...

, Marvin Krislov,

James Gross James J. Gross is a psychologist best known for his research in emotion and emotion regulation. He is a professor at Stanford University and the director of the Stanford Psychophysiology Laboratory. Education Gross received his B.A. in phil ...

Jonah Edelman Jonah Martin Edelman (born October 9, 1970) is an American advocate for public education. He is the co-founder and chief executive officer of Stand for Children, a national American education advocacy organization based in Portland, Oregon, wit ...

, Lance Liebman, Peter Beinart, Tali Farhadian, and Justin Lowenthal.

Bibliography

*''The Administration of Dependencies: a study of the Evolution of the Federal Empire, with special reference to American Colonial Problems'' (1902) *''The Question of Aborigines in the Law and Practice of Nations'' (1918) *''A history of the class of '79 By Yale University. Class of 1879

Selected articles

* "Neutralization versus Imperialism" American Journal of International Law (1908) * "The Law of Nations" American Journal of International Law (1912) * "The American Philosophy of Government and Its Effect on International Relations" American Journal of International Law (1914) * "The Shantung Question and Spheres of Influence" The Nation, New York (September 20, 1919) * "A League of Nations According to the American Idea" (a paper read before the American Association for the Advancement of Science, December 30, 1919), published in Advocate of Peace (January 1920)

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Snow, Alpheus Henry 1859 births 1920 deaths Harvard Law School alumni Yale University alumni 19th-century American lawyers