1887 Graduated from Central High School, Philadelphia

Leo S. Rowe - Outline of His Life

·  1871 Born September 17 at McGregor, Iowa, son of Louis and Katherine Raff Rowe. As a young boy moved with family to Philadelphia.

·  1887 Graduated from Central High School, Philadelphia.

·  1890 Bachelor of Philosophy, University of Pennsylvania.

·  Doctor of Philosophy, University of Halle, Germany (fellowship, granted by the Wharton School of Finance and Commerce, University of Pennsylvania).

·  1895 Bachelor of Laws, University of Pennsylvania.

·  1895-96 Instructor in Municipal Government, University of Pennsylvania.

·  1896-1904 Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Pennsylvania.

·  1900-1901 Member of the Commission to Revise and Compile the Laws of Puerto Rico.

·  1901-1902 Chairman of the Insular Code Commission, Puerto Rico.

·  1902-1930 President of the American Academy of Political and Social Science.

·  1904-1917 Professor of Political Science, University of Pennsylvania.

·  1905 Admitted to practice before the US Supreme Court

·  1906 Admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Judicial District.

·  1906 Delegate of the US to the Third International Conference of American States, Rio de Janeiro

·  1928 United States delegate to the Sixth International Conference of American State, Habana.

·  1933 Representative of the Pan American Union with special invitation from the Uruguayan government at the Seventh International Congress of American States, Montevideo.

·  1936 Representative of the Pan American Union with special invitation from the Argentine government at the Inter-American Conference for the Maintenance of Peace, Buenos Aires.

·  1938 Representative of the Pan American Union with special invitation from the Peruvian government at the Eighth International Conference of American States, Lima.

·  1939 Representative of the Pan American Union with special invitation from the Panamanian government at the First Meeting of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the American Republics, Panama.

·  1940 Representative of the Pan American Union at the Eighth American Scientific Congress, Washington.

·  1940 Representative of the Pan American Union with special invitation from the Cuban government at the Second Meeting of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the American Republics, Habana.

·  1942 Representative of the Pan American Union with special invitation from the Brazilian government at the Third Meeting of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the American Republics, Rio de Janeiro.

·  1945 Representative of the Pan American Union with special invitation from the Mexican government at the Inter-American Conference on Problems of War and Peace, Mexico.

·  1945 Representative of the Pan American Union at the United Nations Conference on International Organization, San Francisco.

·  1946 Died December 5 at Washington, D.C. in an automobile accident.

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