1930–31 Volume 55 No 1–5 - Phi Delta Theta Scroll Archive

THE SCROLLPHI DELTA THETA November, 1930Law School, a brother widely knownto the fraternity as "Henry," moreformally as Henry K. Urion, Dartmoutli,'12, Past President of the GeneralCouncil. At present BrotherUrion heads the firm of Urion, Drucker,Reichmann, and Boutell, a groupwhich has been actively identified withthe radio industry in practically allof its legal ramifications,, representingtrade associations and a number ofleading radio manufacturers. A combinationof bar and bench peculiarlyinteresting to $ A 0 occurred not solong ago when Brother Urion arguedin Chicago the leading case determiningthe constitutionality of the FederalRadio Act before U. S. District JudgeJames H. Wilkerson, DePauw, '89. Thecase is now pending in the SupremeCourt.The law is really a family vocationwith Brother Urion. He began practicewith a Chicago firm headed byNoble B. Judah, Brown, '04. Duringthe war he served as counsel to thedistrict draft board, as a Four-MinuteMan, and in other civilian capacities.After the armistice he was called toWashington to serve as assistant to thespecial representative of the Secretaryof War, engaged in the settlement ofover $300,000,000 of claims against theallied governments growing out of thejoint conduct of the war. Upon completionof this service he was sent toFrance as counsel for the War Departmentmission having charge of theforeign sales of our surplus warstocks.The fraternity work of BrotherUrion is too recent and well known torequire comment. He was Treasurerof the General Council from 1923 to1928 and was chosen its President atNashville two years ago.The chapter at Ole Miss has producedmany famous sons despite anenforced suspension of fourteen yearswhen its charter was held in escrow.Among the most famous of its sons isLamar Hardy, Mississippi, '98, Vanderbilt,'00. He received a Ph.B. from:i04]Mississippi in 1898 and then enteredVanderbilt where two years later hewas granted his bachelor's degree inlaw. At Vanderbilt he affiliated withTennessee Alpha and was an activemember of the chapter. Following hiswork at Vanderbilt he went to Harvardto pursue his studies in law.However, he didn't get to Harvard.En route he stopped in New York tovisit a young Harvard lawyer andwhile there was offered a position ina law office. He accepted and hassince been in New York.In 1913 Brother Hardy joined agroup of active young lawyers whosucceeded in nominating for mayor ofNew York City the late John PurroyMitchell. During the Mitchell administrationBrother Hardy was selectedas corporation counsel for the City ofNew York. Thus, at thirty-six, hewas heading the largest law office inthe world. When he retired from thisoffice in 1918 he returned to privatepractice and has since specializedprincipally in corporation, financial,and banking law. He has been a trusteeand director in many banks andother financial institutions and is counselto a number of large and nationallyknown business organizations.Brother Hardy is now the senior memberof Hardy and Hardy.Head of the largest single familyrelief organization in the UnitedStates, co-author of the Czecho-Slovakiandeclaration of Independence,bystander at the attempted assassinationof General James A. Walker, theseare some of the high points in tliecareer of Robert M. Calfee, Roanolie,'93. Brother Calfee was born in Virginiain 1876, some years after theCivil War but still close enough toit to get some taste of the bitter politicsof the post-bellum period. Whenhe was but twenty he was chairman ofa congressional campaign committeein Virginia. It was between the agesof eighteen and twenty-two that hewas closely associated with the politicallife of General Walker, successor