Admitted
1951, Nebraska; 1966, U.S. Supreme Court and New York; 1971, District of Columbia
Law School
University of Nebraska, J.D., 1951
Law School Graduation Year
1951
College
University of Nebraska, B.S.L., 1949
Memberships
Nebraska State Bar Association.
Biographical
Order of the Coif; Phi Beta Kappa. Awarded Honorary LL.D.: University of Canterbury, 1966; University of Nebraska, 1969; Temple University, 1969; Fairfield University, 1969; Alfred University, 1969. University of Wisconsin (Stout) 1998. Editor-in-Chief, Nebraska Law Review, 1950-1951. Attorney, Federal Security Agency, 1951-1952. Counsel, Joint Congressional Committee on Railroad Retirement, 1952. Assistant to U.S. Senator, J.F. Kennedy, 1953-1961. Special Counsel to President of U.S., 1961-1964. Member: Commission on White House Fellows, 1996—. New York State Temporary Commission on the Constitutional Convention, 1966-1967; Executive Committee, Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights under Law, 1966-1976. Member, President's Advisory Committee for Trade Negotiations, 1978-1980. Chairman, Governor's Panel on New York State Export Credit Agency, 1982-1983. Chairman, The Twentieth Century Fund, 1984-1999. Trustee, New York Academy of Medicine, 1991-1997. Director, Council on Foreign Relations, 1993—. Advisory Board, Russian-American Press and Information Center, 1993—. Director and Counsel, South Africa Free Elections Fund, 1993-1994. Director, National Democratic Institute For International Affairs, 1993-1999; Director, Central-Asian-American Enterprise Fund, 1995-1999.