Allen Wardwell (1873–1953), was an American attorney and banking law expert who was the vice president of the American-Russian Chamber of Commerce in 1929, and a name partner of

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Education

Wardwell graduated from

Yale University Yale University is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701, Yale is the List of Colonial Colleges, third-oldest institution of higher education in the United Stat ...

in 1895 and was a member of

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Society. He also graduated from

Harvard Law School Harvard Law School (HLS) is the law school of Harvard University, a Private university, private research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1817, Harvard Law School is the oldest law school in continuous operation in the United ...

Career

Wardwell served as a major in the

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in Russia. He was a member of the Active Campaign Committee of the American Society for the Control of Cancer when it received an unconditional gift of $100,000 from John D. Rockefeller Jr. for its congress at

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in 1926. Wardwell accompanied

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in his mission to Moscow in 1941, then headed

Russian War Relief Russian War Relief (RWR) (also known as the Russian War Relief Fund and The American Committee for Russian War Relief) was the largest American agency for foreign war relief. It had the "express and exclusive purpose of giving succor to the Russian ...

Inc. in 1942. From 1943 to 1945, he was the president of the

New York City Bar Association The Association of the Bar of the City of New York, commonly referred to as the New York City Bar Association (City Bar), founded in 1870, is a voluntary association of lawyers and law students. Since 1896, the organization has been headquartere ...

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RUSSIAN WAR RELIEF SHIFT; Allen Wardwell Replaces Miss H.L. Moore as Secretary
Yale University alumni 1873 births 1953 deaths Presidents of the New York City Bar Association Harvard Law School alumni Davis Polk & Wardwell lawyers {{US-law-bio-stub