Jessup, Philip Caryl (1897–1986)

US lawyer and government official. He helped in planning post-World War II relief, in founding the United Nations and Israel, and in ending the Berlin blockade. He was accused by Joseph McCarthy of being pro-communist but was completely absolved by a senate committee in 1951. He taught at Columbia from 1953 and sat on the International Court of Justice 1961–70.

Born in New York City, he taught international law at Columbia University in the 1930s.