Admitted
1950, New York; 1953, U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York; 1960, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
Law School Graduation Year
College
U.S. Naval Academy, B.S., 1945; Cornell University, LL .B., 1950
Memberships
Onondaga County Bar Association (Past Member, Board of Directors, Assigned Counsel Program; Member, Board of Directors, Frank H. Hiscock Legal Aid Society); New York State Bar Association (Member: Committee on Judicial Selection; Special Committee on Judicial Independence); American Bar Association
Biographical
Recipient: New York State Bar Association Gold Medal, 2000; Honorary L.L.D., Syracuse University, 1993; Honorary, L.L.D., LeMoyne College, 1999; Touro College Law Center, Distinguished Service Award, 1993; Onondaga County Bar Association, Judge William C. Ruger Award for Outstanding Achievement, 1992; Cornell Law School, Distinguished Alumnus Award, 1992; New York State Bar Association, Award for Outstanding Contribution to Criminal Justice System, 1990; New York State Trial Lawyers Association Award of Merit, 1982; W.P. Carey Award, 2nd Highest Marks Written Comprehensive Examinations, Cornell Law School. Member, Board of Editors, Cornell Law Quarterly. Justice, New York Supreme Court, 1971-1977; Justice, New York Appellate Division, 1977-1986; Associate Judge, New York Court of Appeals, 1986-1993. Corporation Counsel, Syracuse, New York, 1962-1963. Chairman, Onondaga County Republican Committee, 1964-1965. Adjunct Professor of Law, Syracuse University, 1979-1986. Distinguished Visiting Professor of Law and Jurist in Residence, Syracuse Law School, 1994—. Panelist: A.A.A. International Commercial Arbitrators; Panelist: A.A.A. Large Complex Dispute Program; Member: A.A.A. Large Complex Case Program Advisory Council; Panelist: A.A.A. Employment Arbitration. Lecturer, at Syracuse and Albany Law Schools and for C.L.E. Programs, including those of New York State Bar Association and Office of Court Administration. Author: Changes in Practice and on the Bench - Days of Conviviality Proceded Specialization and Globalization, New York State Bar Journal, Vol. 73, No. 1, January, 2001; Drafting Commercial Contracts: Strategies for Negotiation and Interpretation, Aspen Law, 2001; Reflections, a View of the Court of Appeals, Syracuse Law Review, Vol. 48, No. 4, 1998; Preparing Law Students and New Lawyers for the Year 2000 and Beyond, New York State Bar Journal, Vol. 69, No. 4, May/June, 1997; Constancy Through Turbulent Times, Syracuse Law Review 1995-96 Survey of New York Law Foreword, Vol. 47, No. 2, 1997; Race
Military
Line Officer, U.S.N., 1945-1947; Line Officer, U.S.N.R., Korean Conflict, 1950-1951