Jerome Kurtz
Jerome Kurtz (May 19, 1931 – February 27, 2015) was an American
Kurtz was born in
During the
Kurtz returned to private practice after leaving the Treasury Department. He was a partner at Wolf, Block, Schorr and Solis-Cohen, a firm in Philadelphia, prior to his appointment as head of the IRS in 1977.[1]
Jerome Kurtz was appointed
Kurtz stepped down as Commissioner of the IRS in 1980. He returned to private practice at the Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison firm in Washington D.C. He also lectured on tax law and taxation at both the University of Pennsylvania and Villanova University and served as a visiting professor at Harvard Law School.[2]
Jerome Kurtz died from complications of surgery in New York City on February 27, 2015, at the age of 83. He was survived by his two daughters, Maddie Kurtz and Nettie Kurtz Greenstein. His late wife, Elaine Kahn Kurtz, whom he had been married to for 47 years, died in 2003.[1]
References
- ^ Washington Post. Retrieved 2015-03-11.
- ^ New York Times. Retrieved 2015-03-11.
- ^ a b "Internal Revenue Service Nomination of Jerome Kurtz To Be Commissioner". The American Presidency Project. 1977-03-21. Retrieved 2015-03-11.
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