Adam Yarmolinsky

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Adam Yarmolinsky
Born(1922-11-17)November 17, 1922
DiedJanuary 5, 2000(2000-01-05) (aged 77)
NationalityAmerican
Alma materYale Law School
Harvard College
OccupationLawyer
Parent(s)Avrahm Yarmolinsky and Babette Deutsch

Adam Yarmolinsky (November 17, 1922 – January 5, 2000) was an American academic, educator and author, as well as a political appointee who served in numerous capacities in the Kennedy, Johnson and Carter administrations.

Besides serving in the

Vietnam war
.

Biography

Yarmolinsky attended the

US Army Air Forces during World War II
and rose to the rank of sergeant.

Yarmolinsky took a law degree from Yale Law School in 1948. He served as a law clerk to Chief Judge Charles E. Clark of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, based in New York, and later as a clerk to Supreme Court Justice Stanley F. Reed during the 1950 Term.

Following his service in the U.S. government, Yarmolinsky became Regent's Professor of Public Policy at the

U.S. National Academy of Sciences. In 1967, Yarmolinsky was named a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.[2]

Marriage

On February 3, 1990, he married Dr. Sarah Ames Ellis, a clinical psychologist, in an Episcopalian ceremony in Manhattan. It was his third marriage. His first marriage was to Harriet L Rypins. His second marriage was to Jane Marie Cox Vonnegut, Kurt Vonnegut's first wife. She died in 1986.[3]

Death

He died, aged 77, at Georgetown University Hospital, of leukemia. He was survived by his third wife; his first wife, Harriet Yarmolinsky; and four children. Harriet Yarmolinsky died in January 2008 at age 81.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ "UMass Boston Bulletin". University of Massachusetts Boston. 4 (35): 3. May 1, 1973. Retrieved February 7, 2017.
  2. ^ Membership search, American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Retrieved February 7, 2017.
  3. ^ "Dr. Sarah Ellis, Psychologist, Marries Adam Yarmolinsky, College Provost". 11 February 1990. Retrieved 15 September 2016 – via NYTimes.com.
  4. ^ "Brooklyn Daily Eagle - ALL BROOKLYN, ALL THE TIME". Retrieved 15 September 2016.

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