Mentschikoff, Soia, 1915-

found: Soia Mentschikoff papers, 1929-1973:finding aid (Soia Mentschikoff (1915-1984) was born in Russia to American parents and moved to the United States shortly before the 1917 Revolution. She graduated from Columbia University in 1937 and worked at several Wall Street firms. In 1942, she was appointed by the American Law Institute as Assistant Chief Reporter on the Uniform Commercial Code, a project that would establish her as a leading figure in American law. In 1951 she accepted position with the University of Chicago Law School where she remained until 1974, when she accepted the position as dean of Miami University. She retired in 1981)