Theodore S. Hope Jr. (1903–1998) was a

corporate law Corporate law (also known as company law or enterprise law) is the body of law governing the rights, relations, and conduct of persons, companies, organizations and businesses. The term refers to the legal practice of law relating to corpora ...

yer in

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for over 50 years.New York Times, November 8, 1998

Ancestry

Theodore Hope Sr., was a

New York University New York University (NYU) is a private university, private research university in New York City, New York, United States. Chartered in 1831 by the New York State Legislature, NYU was founded in 1832 by Albert Gallatin as a Nondenominational ...

Delta Upsilon Delta Upsilon (), commonly known as DU, is a collegiate men's fraternity founded on November 4, 1834, at Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts. It is the sixth-oldest, all-male, college Greek-letter organization founded in North America ...

graduate with a

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in 1892, and was a

attorney in the late 19th century and early 20th century. His wife, Winifred (Ayres) Hope, was one of the founding members and Vice-President of the "College Club" of

Ridgewood, New Jersey Ridgewood is a Village (New Jersey), village in Bergen County, New Jersey, Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Ridgewood is a suburban commuter town, bedroom community of New York City, located approximately northwest of Midtown M ...

, where they resided in 1913. Winifred Ayres was the second of four daughters born to father Marshall Ayres Jr. of

Griggsville, Illinois Griggsville is a rural town in Griggsville Township, Pike County, Illinois, United States. The population was 1,097 according to the 2020 census. History In 1833, Griggsville was platted by pioneers Richard Griggs, Joshua Stanford, and Nath ...

, whose grandparents were

Marshall Ayres Marshall Ayres (born June 28, 1807) was an American pioneer, one of the founding pioneers of the Midwest, particularly around the Chicago, Illinois region. Early years Ayres was born in Truro, Massachusetts (Cape Cod Cape Cod is a peninsula ...

and Hannah (Lombard) Ayers, natives of

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, on

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, and whose ancestors came to North America on the ''

Mayflower ''Mayflower'' was an English sailing ship that transported a group of English families, known today as the Pilgrims, from England to the New World in 1620. After 10 weeks at sea, ''Mayflower'', with 102 passengers and a crew of about 30, reac ...

''. Winifred's grandfather Marshall was one of the pioneer residents of Griggsville in 1821. Her father, Marshall Jr., after being raised in Griggsville, went to

Boston Boston is the capital and most populous city in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States. The city serves as the cultural and Financial centre, financial center of New England, a region of the Northeas ...

to attend

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in 1860, graduating with honors in 1863.Chicago: its history and its builders, a century of marvelous growth, Volume 5 By Josiah Seymour Currey After graduation, Marshall Jr. went to

as a financier in the oil industry. He partnered with Josiah Lombard to create the Lombard, Ayres & Company. The Lombard, Ayers & Co. became extremely successful, and both partners very rich. In a

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wedding, Marshall Jr. married Louise Sanderson, daughter of Levi Sanderson, who was one of the founders of

Galesburg, Illinois Galesburg is a city in Knox County, Illinois, United States. The city is northwest of Peoria, Illinois, Peoria. At the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census, its population was 32,195. It is the county seat of Knox County and the principal cit ...

. Louise and Marshall Jr. had four children, but she died on August 2, 1886. Marshall Jr. then married Frances N. Nobel of

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, and retired in 1900 to

Newbury, New Hampshire Newbury is a town in Merrimack County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 2,172 at the 2020 census. The town includes the villages of Newbury, Blodgett Landing and South Newbury, as well as a portion of Mount Sunapee Resort, a s ...

. Marshall Jr. died August 15, 1905.

Career

Theodore S. Hope Jr., was a 1925

Columbia Law Columbia Law School (CLS) is the law school of Columbia University, a private Ivy League university in New York City. The school was founded in 1858 as the Columbia College Law School. The university is known for its legal scholarship dating ba ...

graduate, and then assistant professor of law at Columbia through 1929. His contributions to law include: * He was on the Editorial Board for the ''

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'' 1928-1929. * Co-author with William Underhill Moore of "An Institutional Approach to the Law of Commercial Banking", ''

Yale Law Journal ''The Yale Law Journal'' (YLJ) is a student-run law review affiliated with the Yale Law School. Published continuously since 1891, it is the most widely known of the eight law reviews published by students at Yale Law School. The journal is one ...

'', 1929, an explanation and prediction of banking law decisions that "did not appear to derive from existing legal rules by determining the extent to which the facts of the case deviated from normal banking practice." * Co-author with William Underhill Moore of "Legal and institutional methods applied to the debating of direct discounts." 1931. * Co-author with

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of "Study of Day Calendars" 1932, an in-depth look into how time affects trial cases. * Part of the legal team for ''United States vs. Curtiss-Wright Export Corp.''

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Case 98., 1936. * In 1940, he was appointed assistant professor at the

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. * In 1947, he was part of the five man legal team representing the U.S. film industries' interests vs.

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's government. * He developed an institutional approach to the law of

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ing as described in his published essay on the subject in the book ''American Legal Theory'' (The International Library of Essays in Law and Legal Theory. Schools, No 6), 1944. * Later in his career he worked for the

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firm of Donovan Leisure Newton & Irvine. * He assisted in the writing of "A History of William Morris's Typographical Adventure", by William S. Peterson, 1988.

Personal life

Theodore died at the age of 95 in Danbury, on October 9, 1998. Hope's only son, Peter Blanchard Hope (born in 1935), is a graduate of Harvard University and Columbia Medical School. He served in the Army during his residency and eventually settled down a few towns over from Danbury in Sandwich, New Hampshire where he practiced family medicine, had six children, and became very active in the

hiking A hike is a long, vigorous walk, usually on trails or footpaths in the countryside. Walking for pleasure developed in Europe during the eighteenth century. Long hikes as part of a religious pilgrimage have existed for a much longer time. "Hi ...

and

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community of New Hampshire. Peter now lives in Grantham, New Hampshire and as a

Green Mountain Club The Green Mountain Club is a non-profit membership organization dedicated to preserving and protecting Vermont's Long Trail. The Long Trail is the oldest long-distance hiking trail in America and stretches from the Massachusetts state line to the ...

member, he organized hikes through the Hope Forest. He was Excursions Co-Chair for the New Hampshire chapter of the

Appalachian Mountain Club Appalachian Mountain Club (AMC) is the oldest outdoor group in the United States. Created in 1876 to explore and preserve the White Mountains (New Hampshire), White Mountains in New Hampshire, it has expanded throughout the northeastern U.S., wit ...

, and he was Chair of the New Hampshire

Sierra Club The Sierra Club is an American environmental organization with chapters in all 50 U.S. states, Washington, D.C., Washington D.C., and Puerto Rico. The club was founded in 1892, in San Francisco, by preservationist John Muir. A product of the Pro ...

Outings.

The Hope Forest

In 1987, Theodore S. Hope Jr. and his wife Emily Blanchard Hope, who retired to

Danbury, New Hampshire Danbury is a New England town, town in Merrimack County, New Hampshire, Merrimack County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 1,250 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. History Danbury was first settled as a part of Al ...

after practicing corporate law in New York City for over 50 years, donated of land to the New England Forestry Foundation. In 1991, ownership of of the donated land was transferred to the

Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests The Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests (SPNHF) is a private, non-profit, land conservation organization, conservation and sustainable forestry organization based in the U.S. state of New Hampshire. It purchases or is given easements ...

and named the

Emily & Theodore Hope Forest The Emily & Theodore Hope Forest is a permanent forest reservation located in Danbury, New Hampshire. History In 1987, Theodore S. Hope, Jr. and his wife Emily Blanchard Hope, who retired to Danbury after practicing corporate law in New York Ci ...

References

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