Noyes E. Leech (August 1, 1921 – July 1, 2010) was an American lawyer and professor.

Early life and education

Leech was born in Ambler, Pennsylvania, to Charles Sherman and Margaret (Reid) Leech. ^[1]

He attended Lower Merion High School (1939), and received his BA from the University of Pennsylvania in 1943, and his JD from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 1948. ^{[1] [2] [3]} During Leech's third year of law school, he served as editor-in-chief of the University of Pennsylvania Law Review. ^{[4] [5]} While pursuing the study of law, Leech reestablished the Mitchell Club as a diverse group of fellow legal students. ^[6]

Career

Leech worked at the law firm of Dechert, Price & Rhoads, ^{[2] [3]} and practiced law privately in Philadelphia. ^[4] From 1943 to 1945 he was a staff sergeant in the U.S. Army. ^{[2] [3]}

Leech was the Ferdinand Wakeman Hubbell professor of law and the William A. Schnader professor of law at the University of Pennsylvania Law School. ^{[2] [3]}

He was Editor of the Restatement of the Foreign Relations Law of the United States (1965). ^{[2] [7]}

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