Law School
Youngstown State University, LL.B. 1956
Law School Graduation Year
1956
College
Youngstown State University, A.B., 1951
Memberships
Mahoning County, Cinncinnati, Ohio State, National, American and Federal Bar Associations; Black Lawyers Association of Cincinnati; American Arbitration Association.
Biographical
Alpha Delta Boule; Sigma Pi Phi; Kappa Alpha Psi. Listed in: Who's Who In America; Who's Who In Black America. U.S. Circuit Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, 1979-2002. General Counsel, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), 1969-1979. Assistant General Counsel, National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders (Kerner Commission), 1967-1968. Assistant United States Attorney, Northern District of Ohio at Cleveland, 1960-1967. Executive Director, Fair Employment Practices Commission, City of Youngstown, Ohio, 1956-1959. Co-Chair, Board of Directors, National Underground Railroad Freedom Center. Member, Toyota Motor Manufacturing, North America, Inc. Diversity Advisory Board. Member, KnowledgeWorks Foundation Board of Trustees. Member, Executive Committee, Cincinnati Youth Collaborative. Member, Legal Aid Society of Greater Cincinnati Board of Trustees. Co-Chairman, Cincinnati Black-Jewish Coalition. Member, Advisory Committee of the Urban Morgan International Human Rights Institute. Master, Potter Stewart American Inns of Court. Trustee: Interrights USA; National Conference on Community and Justice. Chair, National Conference on Racial and Ethnic Justice. Member: Buckeye Lodge I.B.P.O.E.; Gothic Lodge #22 King Solomon Consistory No. 20; 33rd Degree - United Supreme Council, Mason. Member: United Way and Community Chest Board of Trustees; Metropolitan Club. Charter Member, Youngstown Area Development Corporation. Member: Houston Law Club; University of Cincinnati College of Law Board of Visitors. Former Member, Case Western Reserve University, School of Law In Cleveland, Board of Visitors. Member: Back Bencher Society; Indiana University Board of Visitors; Nova University Law Center, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, Board of Visitors; The American Bar Association Law School Accreditation Committee Commission on Opportunities for Minorities in the Profession.
Military
U.S. Army Air Corps