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H. Alberta Colclaser

Hazel Alberta Colclaser (February 19, 1911 – July 7, 2010) was an American aviation lawyer and foreign service officer. She was also involved in early efforts to shape space law.

H. Alberta Colclaser
A smiling young white woman with coiffed dark hair
H. Alberta Colclaser, from a 1947 newspaper
Born
Hazel Alberta Colclaser

(1911-02-19)February 19, 1911
Turtle Creek, Pennsylvania
DiedJuly 7, 2010(2010-07-07) (aged 99)
Wooster, Ohio
Occupation(s)Lawyer, foreign service officer
Known forSpecialist in international aviation law

Early life and education

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Colclaser was born in Turtle Creek, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Levi (Lee) A. Coclaser and Bertha Margaret Lear Colclaser.[1] She graduated from the College of Wooster in 1933.[2] She earned a Juris Doctor degree from Case Western Reserve University Law School in 1936,[3] and a Master of Laws (LLM) degree from Columbia Law School in 1939, with a focus on international aviation law.[4]

Career

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Colclaser worked for the United States Department of State as a specialist in international aviation law for 34 years, beginning in 1939 as an assistant to Green Hackworth.[5] She was a foreign service officer at American embassies in Paris and Ottawa. In Paris for the 1946 Peace Conference,[4][5] she contributed to the rewriting of international aviation policies for post-World War II Europe.[2][6] She was the one of three American representatives and the only woman on the legal committee of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).[7][8] She was also involved in early federal discussions about space law.[9][10]

Colclaser was awarded the department's Superior Service Award in 1966, After she retired from government work, she was an administrator at the College of Wooster.[11] She received an honorary doctorate from the College of Wooster in 1965,[12] and was named a Distinguished Alumna of the college in 1983.[1] She was a member of Phi Delta Delta, an organization for women lawyers, and held a pilot's license.[4][7] In her eighties, she visited Antarctica,[3] and was a volunteer counselor helping other senior citizens with medical bills.[13] She was a life member of the American Society of International Law.[14]

In 1997 she gave an oral history interview to Jane Bickford, for the Columbia University Law School alumnae oral history collection.[15] She established the H. Alberta Colclaser Scholarship Fund at Case Western Reserve University, for women students studying international law.[3]

Publications

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  • "The New International Civil Aviation Organization" (1945)[16]
  • "Jurisdiction in Private International Air Law Cases" (1951)[17]
  • "Civil Aviation: Current Legal Problems in the International Field" (1951)[18]
  • "The Juridical Status of the Air Space above the Territorial Sea" (1958)

Personal life

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Colclasser died in 2010, aged 99 years, near Wooster, Ohio.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "In Memory". The Foreign Service Journal: 60–61. October 2010.
  2. ^ a b Snyder, Jean. "Wooster Alumna Colclaser Shines in Field of International Aviation" The Wooster Voice" (December 16, 1948): 1.
  3. ^ a b c "Financial Spotlight: Alumna Ahead of Her Time Will Influence Women for All Time" Turning Point (Winter 2011): 10.
  4. ^ a b c Shine, Mary (1947-01-05). "U.S. Aviation Office's Legal Adviser Makes Plane Piloting Her Hobby". Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph. p. 35. Retrieved 2022-07-07 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ a b "East McKeesport Girl at Paris Conference". Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph. 1946-08-16. p. 17. Retrieved 2022-07-07 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "U.S. Delegations to International Conferences". Department of State Bulletin. 33: 440. September 12, 1955.
  7. ^ a b "Expert in Aviation Law Pilots Plane as Hobby". The Gazette. 1954-09-27. p. 10. Retrieved 2022-07-07 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ Dettmers, Elsie (1949-06-10). "Helicopter Use Predicted by Commuters Tomorrow". The Gazette. p. 4. Retrieved 2022-07-07 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ United States Congress Senate Special Committee on Space and Astronautics (December 31, 1958). Space Law, a Symposium Prepared at the Request of Honorable Lyndon B. Johnson. pp. 135–138.
  10. ^ Fenwick, C. G. (January 1958). "How High is the Sky?". American Journal of International Law. 52 (1): 96–99. doi:10.2307/2195673. ISSN 0002-9300. JSTOR 2195673. S2CID 147281019.
  11. ^ "People Make News". The Akron Beacon Journal. 1972-11-01. p. 6. Retrieved 2022-07-07 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "5 to Get Honorary Degrees". News-Journal. 1965-05-30. p. 8. Retrieved 2022-07-07 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ Robb, Donna (1995-07-30). "Older Adults in Wayne Get Help with Medical Bill Paper Chases". The Akron Beacon Journal. p. 115. Retrieved 2022-07-07 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ^ "Back matter". American Journal of International Law. 86 (4): b1–b20. October 1992. doi:10.1017/S000293000001085X. ISSN 0002-9300.
  15. ^ Jane Bickford, "Oral history interview with H. Alberta Colclaser" Columbia University Law School alumnae oral history collection.
  16. ^ Colclaser, H. Alberta (1945). "The New International Civil Aviation Organization". Virginia Law Review. 31 (2): 457–478. doi:10.2307/1068715. ISSN 0042-6601. JSTOR 1068715.
  17. ^ H. Alberta Colclaser, "Jurisdiction in Private International Air Law Cases" Michigan Law Review 49:8(1951).
  18. ^ Colclaser, H. A. "Civil Aviation: Current Legal Problems in the International Field" Federal Bar Journal 12(July 1951): 81-90.
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