Andrew G. Haley
Andrew G. Haley | |
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Born | Andrew Gallagher Haley November 19, 1904 |
Died | September 11, 1966 Washington, D.C., US | (aged 61)
Alma mater | Georgetown University George Washington University |
Occupation | Lawyer |
Years active | 1929-1966 |
Known for | space law and telecommunications |
Spouse | Delphine Delacroix |
Children | 2 |
Andrew Gallagher Haley (November 19, 1904 – September 11, 1966) was an American lawyer. He devoted much of his legal career to federal administrative law, principally
Childhood
Haley was born in Tacoma, Washington, the sixth of nine children. A neighboring retired professor of astronomy aroused Haley’s interest in the moon, stars, and planets, and he wrote fictional accounts of outer space which amused his teachers and friends. As a teenager, he was employed by the
Education and early career
In 1923 Haley entered college at
Law partnerships
In 1940, Haley and FCC Assistant General Counsel George B. Porter left the Commission to form a private
In 1948 the firm of Haley, McKenna and Wilkinson was formed, with broadcast lawyers James A. McKenna, Jr., and Vernon L. Wilkinson.[10] Among the non-broadcast, federal administrative law cases the firm prosecuted throughout the decade of the 40s was an application for a license from the Federal Power Commission to build a dam, reservoir, and hydro-electric power plant on the Cedar River near Moscow, Iowa. The case went all the way to the Supreme Court and back, before agency approval was sustained in 1950 by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.[11]
In 1954, Haley’s nephew, Michael Haley Bader, joined the firm as an associate attorney.[12] A law graduate of George Washington University, Bader had clerked for his uncle while a student. Bader became a name partner in 1959, with Haley and communications lawyer Roger Wollenberg forming Haley, Wollenberg and Bader.[13] Wollenberg departed in 1962, and associate attorney William J. Potts, Jr., was elevated to name partner status.[14] The firm became Haley, Bader and Potts, and remained so beyond Haley’s death in September 1966, until its partners joined the Washington office of Seattle-based Garvey, Schubert & Barer in 2000.[15]
Broadcasting
Having represented broadcasters through the decade of the 40s, Haley became one himself. In June 1947, the FCC granted him a construction permit to build a new Class A
KAGH went on the air June 15, 1947. It scheduled a "formal opening" on August 20, at the
In October 1947, the FCC granted Haley a construction permit to build a new
In 1949 the FM station call sign was changed to KARS.[20] Haley sold the stations that year.[21]
Aerojet
In the early days of
When financing from the Air Force was interrupted, General
Haley became Areojet's second president on August 26, 1942.[22]: 259 The company expanded quickly, but needed capital, so Haley contacted William F. O'Niel, president of General Tire and his vice-president Dan A. Kimball. A line of credit was offered and in January 1945 General Tire bought half the stock of Aerojet.[22]: 316–19
Aerojet’s JATO rockets were a phenomenal success. Thousands were manufactured for military and civilian aircraft, including commercial airliners. Aerojet developed liquid- and solid-fuel rocket power plants used in projects such as the Titan that carried NASA’s Gemini astronauts into Earth orbit.[23]
Haley left Aerojet to become counsel to a U. S. Senate committee that was investigating the economic future of the
Ultimately, General Tire became interested in full ownership of the company, and pressured the remaining shareholders to sell. Haley and von Kármán sold their shares in Aerojet in 1953.[22]: 320
In 2013 Aerojet merged with Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne, and is now known as Aerojet Rocketdyne.[23]
Space Law
After World War II ended, Haley became active in the International Astronautical Federation (IAF) and the American Rocket Society (ARS) (now the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)). He served as IAF vice president from 1951 to 1953, president from 1957 to 1959, and general counsel from 1959 to 1966. He also served as ARS vice president in 1953, president in 1954, and counsel from 1955 to 1963.[24]
In 1956, Haley published an article titled “Space Law and Metalaw – A Synoptic View,” in which he first proposed his “Interstellar Golden Rule”: Do unto others as they would have you do unto them. Haley theorized that only one principle of human law can be projected onto our possible future relations with an extraterrestrial intelligence: “the stark concept of absolute equity.”[24]
In 1963
In his 1967 autobiography, von Kármán tells of his trip to Moscow where he met with Ivan Bardin. At the time he was unaware of early rocketry in Russia, and only by Haley's graces later was he brought up to speed:
My friend, space lawyer Andrew G. Haley, who likes to explore historical questions as a hobby, later told me that it is likely that the Russians – and not the Germans as is popularly supposed – founded the first rocket society in the world. At least Moscow had an interplanetary travel group as early as 1924, and three years later, at the time the Germans founded their first rocket society, the Russians were hosts to the first International Exhibition of Space Navigation. In 1928 and during the following four years Professor Nikolai Rynin published a formidable nine-volume encyclopedia entitled Interplanetary Communications. It was the first authoritative summary of man's knowledge of space travel.[22]: 188
Haley, along with his friend and colleague
The Astronautics Award, created in 1954, was renamed the Haley Astronautics Award in Haley's honor in 1993.[25] Now known as the Haley Space Flight Award, it is presented biennially.[24]
Telecommunications
Haley's expertise in FCC regulation led to his involvement in the non-broadcast telecommunications arena. He served as legal advisor for the International Telecommunications Conference held in Atlantic City, New Jersey in 1947, and the Fourth International American Radio Conference, held in Washington, DC, in 1949. He was an industry advisor at the American Regional Broadcasting Conference in 1949 and 1950.[24]
Death
Haley died September 10, 1966, at Georgetown University Hospital in Washington, DC, following an operation for a perforated ulcer. A lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Air Force Reserve, Haley was interred at Arlington National Cemetery with full military honors after a requiem mass at Ft. Myer (Va.) Chapel.[6]
References
- ^ Daniel Lang and Brendan Gill (December 29, 1956) The Talk of the Town, "Metalaw", The New Yorker, p. 19
- ^ Andrew G. Haley (November 8, 1956) "Space law and Metalaw – A Synoptic View", Harvard Law Record 23
- ^ Andrew G. Haley (1963) Space Law and Government, Appleton Century Crofts, New York
- ^ Ernst Fasan (1970) Relations with Alien Intelligences: The Scientific Basis of Metalaw, Berlin Verlag, Berlin
- ^ ISBN 9789004240285.
- ^ a b "Andrew G. Haley, architect of communications law, dies". Broadcasting. Washington, DC. September 19, 1966. p. 105.
- ^ "Our Respects to Andrew G. Haley". Broadcasting. Washington, DC. November 11, 1957.
- ^ Broadcasting 1941 Yearbook Number. Washington, DC: Broadcasting Publications, Inc. 1941. p. 456.
- ^ Porter continued his solo practice until his death in 1946 at age 45. He died of strangulation after a choking seizure while eating a steak dinner with a broadcast client in San Francisco, California. Broadcasting – Telecasting Magazine, August 19, 1946, at p. 16.
- ^ Broadcasting 1949 Yearbook Number. Washington, DC: Broadcasting Publications, Inc. 1949. p. 483.
- ^ State of Iowa v. Federal Power Commission, 178 F.2d 421 (8th Cir. 1949), rehearing denied January 20, 1950.
- ^ "Michael H. Bader, 72, Dies". The Washington Post. November 5, 2001. Retrieved September 17, 2021.
- ^ Broadcasting 1960 Yearbook Number. Washington, DC: Broadcasting Publications, Inc. 1960. p. D-17.
- ^ Broadcasting 1963 Yearbook Number. Washington, DC: Broadcasting Publications, Inc. 1963. p. E-45.
- ^ "History". Foster Garvey. Retrieved September 17, 2021. Garvey Schubert Barer merged with Foster Pepper in 2019, to become Foster Garvey.
- ^ "Twelve Given Conditional FM Grants". Broadcasting-Telecasting. Washington, DC. June 30, 1947. p. 20.
- ^ "KAGH Opening". Broadcasting-Telecasting. Washington, DC. August 11, 1947. p. 86.
- ^ "Editorial: KAGH's Report to the Industry on FM in Los Angeles County". Broadcasting-Telecasting. Washington, DC. September 15, 1947. p. 143.
- ^ "FCC Grants 12 AM Outlets". Broadcasting-Telecasting. Washington, DC. October 20, 1947. p. 86.
- ^ Broadcasting 1950 Yearbook Number. Washington, DC: Broadcasting Publications, Inc. 1950. p. 90. Perhaps not un-coincidentally, the call letters incorporate the acronym for the American Rocket Society, in which Haley became active after World War II.
- ^ "FCC Roundup". Broadcasting-Telecasting. Washington, DC. December 12, 1949. p. 80.
- ^ a b c d e f Theodore von Kármán (1967) The Wind and Beyond
- ^ a b Frank H. Winter. "How the "Suicide Squad" Turned Into One of the World's First Rocket Companies". AirSpaceMag.com. Retrieved September 20, 2021.
- ^ a b c d "Biography: Andrew G. Haley (1904-1966)". National Center for Remote Sensing, Air, and Space Law. Archived from the original on October 28, 2015. Retrieved September 20, 2021.
- ^ "Haley Space Flight Award". AAIA.org. Retrieved September 18, 2021.