Admitted
1938, New Jersey; 1945, New York
Law School
Harvard Law School, LL.B., 1937
Law School Graduation Year
1937
College
Princeton University, A.B., 1934
Memberships
The Association of the Bar of the City of New York; Broome County (President, 1961-1962; Recipient, Lifetime Achievement Award, 1995), New York State (Recipient, First Distinguished Service Award, 1998; Editor-in-chief, Bar Journal, 1961-1998) and American Bar Associations; American Judicature Society (Director, 1955-1959); Association of Life Insurance Counsel; American Law Institute (Life Member)
Biographical
Winner, American Bar Association's Ross Essay Award, 1946. Recipient: Winston Churchill Medal of Honor; Eminent Churchill Fellow, Winston Churchill Medal of Wisdom Society; Distinguished Service Award, Southern Tier Chapter, Chartered Life Underwriters, 1978; Outstanding Achievement Award, Princeton University Class of 1934, 1974. Member of the Board of Editors of the American Bar Association Journal, 1946-1968. Editor-in-Chief, New York State Bar Journal, 1961-1998, Emeritus, 1998—. Trial Examiner, New York State Labor Relations Board, 1947-1961. President of the Harvard Law School Association of Upstate New York, 1955-1957. Upstate New York Representative, Selden Society, 1961—. Member, 1967-1977 and Chairman, 1971-1977, Council, State University of New York at Cortland. Member, Joint Committee on Court Reorganization, New York State, 1973—. Member, New York State Unified Court Systems Judicial Records Disposition Committee. Chairman, Harpur Forum, Foundation of State University of New York at Binghamton, 1983-1984. Editor of The Lawyers Treasury. Author: American Liberty and Natural Law, 1953; America's Advocate: Robert H. Jackson, 1958; Robert H. Jackson, Lawyer's Judge, 1961; Quote It! Memorable Legal Quotations, 1969; Arthur T. Vanderbilt: The Compleat Counsellor, 1980; Quote It II, 1988; Quote It Completely, 1998. President, Scribes, 1957, 1970. Listed in: Who's Who in America, Who's Who in American Law, Who's Who in the World, Who's Who in Finance and Industry, Standard & Poor's Register, Wisdom Hall of Fame. Member, Judicial Nominating Committee, Third Judicial Department, State of New York, 1982-1993. Member of Panel, American Arbitration Association. Fellow: American Bar Foundation; American College of Trust and Estate Counsel; American Council of Life Insurance (Emeritus Member).
Military
Lieut., U.S.N.R., 1943-1946