Robert Gray Dodge

Robert Gray Dodge was an American lawyer and Boston Attorney. He graduated from Harvard Law School in 1893. He was editor in chief of the Harvard Law Review. Known among peers as "the dean of the Massachusetts bar", he was a founder of the Massachusetts Bar Association in 1909, which he presided from 1931 to 1934. He was a senior partner of the law firm Palmer, Dodge, Gardner and Bradford, participating as such in many high-profile cases during his career. He was chairman of the board of trustees of Wellesley College for 17 years, also chairman of the trustees of Northeastern University for 20 years until 1959. He held honorary Doctor of Laws degrees from NU and from Tufts College. The Northeastern University campus library, built in 1959, is named in his honor. He was a member of the US Supreme Court Advisory Committee of Civil Procedure, and served on the board and executive committee of the New England Conservatory of Music. He was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1938. He was born on July 29, 1872 (Newburyport, MA); died on Feb 15, 1964.