Walter Gellhorn
Walter Gellhorn | |
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| Born | Walter Fischel Gellhorn September 18, 1906 Morningside Heights, Manhattan, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Amherst College Columbia University |
| Occupation(s) | legal scholar and professor |
| Spouse |
Kitty Minus (m. 1932) |
| Children | 2 daughters |
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Walter Fischel Gellhorn (September 18, 1906 – December 9, 1995) was an American
legal scholar
and professor.
Life and career
Gellhorn was born in
From 1932 to 1933, he served as an attorney in the Office of the Solicitor General in the
Social Security Board.[7] On January 15, 1942, he joined the Office of Price Administration (OPA) as assistant general counsel and chief attorney of the New York regional staff. He resigned from the OPA on September 11, 1943.[8]
Gellhorn was awarded a Doctor of Humane Letters degree from Amherst in 1951 and an honorary Legum Doctor degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 1963.[3] He was president of the Association of American Law Schools in 1963.[9]
In 1945 Gellhorn became
Erwin N. Griswold,[5] and Jack Greenberg.[15] He served on the Administrative Conference of the United States from 1968 until his death,[6] and was honored at the evening reception at its June 1988 plenary session. The reception's co-hosts, chairman Marshall J. Breger and Justice Antonin Scalia, both praised Gellhorn, with Scalia calling him "one of the giants of administrative law" and Breger saying he had "earned the respect of all of us who have been privileged to have known him and served with him".[16]
He died on December 9, 1995, at his home in
Morningside Heights, Manhattan. He was survived by his wife; his two daughters, Ellis and Gay; and his three grandchildren.[17] The April 1996 issue of the Columbia Law Review contained articles praising him by Clark Byse,[18] Warner W. Gardner,[19] Louis Lusky,[20] and Peter L. Strauss.[21]
See also
References
- ^ ProQuest 121257254. Retrieved January 28, 2021.
- ^ Kee, Cynthia (April 22, 2008). "Alfred Gellhorn". The Guardian. London. Retrieved May 12, 2010.
- ^ a b c d e Mortiz, Charles, ed. (1968). Current Biography Yearbook 1967. H. W. Wilson Company. pp. 136–139.
- ^ Newspapers.com.
- ^ JSTOR 1121682.
- ^ Columbia University Record. Vol. 21, no. 13. January 19, 1996. p. 7.
- ProQuest 106250232. Retrieved February 7, 2021.
- ProQuest 106524273. Retrieved January 31, 2021.
- Newspapers.com.
- JSTOR 987223.
- JSTOR 1121678.
- JSTOR 1121679.
- JSTOR 1121680.
- JSTOR 1121681.
- JSTOR 1121683.
- ^ "Conference Celebrates 20th Anniversary; Fetes Walter Gellhorn". Administrative Conference News. Vol. 2, no. 2. Summer 1988. p. 5. Retrieved February 6, 2021.
- ^ Thomas, Robert McG. Jr. (December 11, 1995). "Walter Gellhorn, Law Scholar And Professor, Dies at 89". The New York Times. p. D10. Retrieved January 28, 2021.
- JSTOR 1123254.
- JSTOR 1123255.
- JSTOR 1123256.
- JSTOR 1123257.
Further reading
- Thomas Jr., Robert Mcg (December 11, 1995). "Walter Gellhorn, Law Scholar And Professor, Dies at 89". The New York Times.
- "Writings of Walter Gellhorn". JSTOR 1121684.
- "Selected Writings of Walter Gellhorn". JSTOR 1123258.
- Works by or about Walter Gellhorn at Internet Archive
- "Walter Gellhorn". JSTOR.
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