Green Hackworth

Green Hackworth
Judge of the International Court of Justice
In office
1946–1961
Preceded bySeat established
Succeeded byPhilip Jessup
President of the International Court of Justice
In office
1955–1958
Preceded byArnold McNair
Succeeded byHelge Klaestad
1st Legal Adviser to the Department of State
In office
July 1, 1931 – March 1, 1946
PresidentFranklin D. Roosevelt
Harry S. Truman
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byCharles Fahy
Personal details
Born
Green Haywood Hackworth

(1883-01-23)January 23, 1883
Prestonsburg, Kentucky, U.S.
DiedJune 24, 1973(1973-06-24) (aged 90)
Washington, D.C., U.S.
EducationValparaiso University (BA)
University of Kentucky (JD)
George Washington University (LLB)

Green Haywood Hackworth (Prestonsburg, Kentucky, January 23, 1883 – Washington, DC, June 24, 1973) was an American jurist who served as the first U.S. judge on the International Court of Justice, as President of the International Court of Justice, as the longest running Legal Adviser to the US Department of State (1925 -1946) and as a member of Secretary of State Cordell Hull's inner circle of advisers.[1] Hackworth was instrumental in the development of plans for the post World War II world order and was a key member of the U.S. delegation to the Dumbarton Oaks Conference (1944).[2] He served as a member of the Advisory Committee on Postwar Foreign Policy (1942), as a member of Post War Programs Committee (1944) and as Chairman of the Committee of Jurists that drafted the initial statutes for the International Court of Justice (1945).[1] Hackworth also represented the U.S. Delegation on Committee IV at the United Nations Conference on International Organization where the articles in the United Nations Charter pertaining to the International Court of Justice were finalized.[3]

  1. ^ a b Hoopes, Townsend & Brinkley, Douglas. FDR & The Creation of the U.N. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1997. p.112. Print.
  2. ^ Hilderbrand, Robert C. Dumbarton Oaks: The Origins of the United Nations and the Search for Postwar Security, Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1990. p.18. Print.
  3. ^ Whiteman, Marjorie M. "Green Haywood Hackworth: 1883 - 1973" The American Journal of International Law, Vol. 68, No. 1 (Jan., 1974) p.92.