George Weston Anderson

Personal

Birthday: 
9/1/1861
Birthplace: 
Acworth, NH
Date of Death: 
2/14/1938
Place of Death: 
Deland, FL
Race or Ethnicity: 
White
Gender: 
Male
Prior Employment: 

Private practice, Boston, Massachusetts, 1890-1914
Instructor, Boston University School of Law, 1891-1894
U.S. attorney for the District of Massachusetts, 1914-1917
Member, U.S. Interstate Commerce Commission, 1917-1918

Education

Name of School: 
Williams College
Degree: 
A.B.
Degree Year: 
1886
Name of School - Second: 

Boston University School of Law

Boston University School of Law (BU Law) is a nationally recognized law school located in the heart of Boston University's campus on Commonwealth Avenue in Boston, Massachusetts.

Consistently ranked in the top 30 law schools, "U.S. News and World Report" currently ranks it 26th in the country. Three specialties are in the top 10, including Health Law (#5), Tax Law (#7), and Intellectual Property Law (#9). Princeton Review ranks it 2nd place nationally in "Best Professors" and 7th place for "Best Classroom Experience." For the class of 2017, the median student LSAT score was 163 and median GPA was 3.66.

Boston University School of Law offers a broad selection of legal classes and seminars (approximately 200) with a student to faculty ratio of 12:1.

Degree - Second: 
LL.B.
Degree Year - Second: 
1890

Judicial Career

Court Name: 
U. S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Court Name: 

First Circuit Court of Appeals

President Nominating: 
Woodrow Wilson
Party Affiliation of President: 
Democratic
Commission Date: 
10/24/1918
Retirement from Active Service: 
9/30/1931
Termination Date: 
2/14/1938
Termination Reason: 
Death