Admitted
1958, Pennsylvania
Law School
Temple University, J.D., 1957
Law School Graduation Year
1957
College
Temple University, B.S., 1952
Memberships
Philadelphia and Pennsylvania Bar Associations.
Biographical
Author: Prerogatives of the Powerful—Plight of the Poor, Villanova Law Review, Vol. 19, May, 1974; Rethinking Cities, Educational Impact Publishing Co., 1979; Philadelphia Special Investigation Commission Opinion, Temple Law Quarterly, 1986; Let the Bunker Burn, Camino Books, 1989; The Apartheid Solution - An Anti-Apartheid Act, Publishing Company, 1985; Is Less Than 2% Enough? (A study of news coverage of Philadelphia's Black Community), Omnibus Publishing Company, 1985. Urban Affairs Columnist, Philadelphia Tribune Newspaper, 1970-1974. Member: Pennsylvania Commission on Judicial Reform; Supreme Court of Pennsylvania Advisory Committee on Appellate Court Rules, 1986—. Special Counsel, A.F.N.A. (American Foundation for Negro Affairs), Investigation of KYW-TV attacks on Black Leaders, 1984. General Counsel, Philadelphia City Charter Review Advisory Committee, 1987—. Former President and General Counsel, American Bond and Mortgage Company. Chairman, Federal Judicial Nominating Commission of Pennsylvania, 1982. Federal Magistrate Review Panel, 1986-1987. Member, Philadelphia Special Investigation Commission, 1985. Member, Mayor's Commission on the Twenty-First Century, 1984-1985. Member, Philadelphia County Board of Public Assistance, Appointed by Governor David Lawrence, 1961-1963. Member, Mayor's Police Advisory Board of Philadelphia, Appointed by Mayor Richardson Dilworty, 1961-1963. First Executive Director of the Philadelphia Anti-Poverty Action Committee, Appointed by Mayor James H. J. Tate, 1964-1967. Philadelphia Commission on Ward Realignment, Appointed by Common Pleas Court, 1976. Member: Board of Directors, National Urban Coalition; Board of Directors, Philadelphia High School Academy Association; Board of Directors, Mary Mason Community Foundation; Board of Managers, Franklin Institute. Member, Board of Trustees, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1970-1984. Member, Governor's Advisory Board, Neighborhood Assistance Act, 1969-1971. Vice Chairman for Development, A.F.N.A