Raymond Everett Lisle (November 28, 1910, in

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– February 13, 1994) was an American attorney, officer in the

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, and Dean of

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Biography

Lisle attended

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(BS, 1929),

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(A.M., 1930), and

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(J.D., 1936). He was in the

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, where he was a

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, from 1941-45. Lisle was a faculty member of

from 1946 to 1948."Tributes to Dean Raymond E. Lisle,"
''Brooklyn Journal of International Law'' (1977). He then joined the

, and was Political and Legal Adviser to and Acting United States Delegate on the

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Committee of Good Offices on the Indonesian Dispute. From 1949 to 1953, he served in succession in the Office of the US High Commissioner for Germany at

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, and in the US embassies at

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and

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. In 1954, he became Deputy Director of the Office of Political Affairs in

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. In 1956 he was named Deputy Director of the Office of German Affairs. In 1960 he was Counselor and Deputy Chief of Mission in Belgrade, and in 1962 he became a Minister. From 1962 to 1965, he was Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs. He was then Director for Relations with Eastern Europe until 1970. He returned to Brooklyn Law School in 1970. In 1971 he became Acting Dean, and in 1972 he became Dean of the Law School. He also taught courses in International Law, Jurisprudence, and Legal Aspects of International Business Transactions. Lisle was Dean of Brooklyn Law School for five years. With Lisle as Dean, in 1973 the law school became a member of the

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. In 1974, the ''Brooklyn Journal of International Law'' was published for the first time; it later became a leading journal in the United States. After Lisle retired as Dean, he rejoined the law school faculty, became Dean Emeritus, and taught for another 15 years. Lisle died at his home on February 13, 1994, at the age of 83.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Lisle, Raymond Deans of law schools in the United States Brooklyn Law School faculty 1910 births 1994 deaths City College of New York alumni Columbia University alumni New York University School of Law alumni United States Navy officers 20th-century American academics