Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1908, Aug. 8 | Born, Chicago, Ill. |
| 1924-1926 | Attended Crane Junior College (City Colleges of Chicago), and DePaul University, Chicago, Ill. |
| 1929 | Bachelor of Science in Law, Northwestern University, Chicago, Ill. |
| 1930 | Doctor of Jurisprudence, Northwestern University, Chicago, Ill. |
| 1930-1933 | Practiced law, firm of Pritzker and Pritzker, Chicago, Ill. |
| 1931 | Married Dorothy Kurgans (died 1988) |
| 1933-1948 | Private law practice in Chicago; specialized in labor law |
| 1938 | Defended the Chicago Newspaper Guild during strike against the Hearst Corp. |
| 1942-1944 | Special assistant and chief of the Labor Division, Office of Strategic Services |
| 1945-1961 | Senior partner, Goldberg, Devoe, Shador and Mikva, Chicago, Ill. |
| 1948-1955 | General counsel, Congress of Industrial Organizations |
| 1948-1961 | General counsel, United Steelworkers of America |
| 1952-1961 | Senior partner, Goldberg, Feller and Bredhoff, Washington, D.C. |
| 1955 | Involved in the merger of the Congress of Industrial Organizations and the American Federation of Labor to form the AFL-CIO |
| 1955-1961 | Special counsel, AFL-CIO |
| 1961-1962 | Secretary of labor |
| 1962-1965 | Associate justice, United States Supreme Court |
| 1965-1968 | Permanent representative of the United States to the United Nations with rank of ambassador |
| 1968-1971 | Senior partner, Paul, Weiss, Goldberg, Rifkind, Wharton and Garrison, New York, N.Y. |
| 1970 | Unsuccessful campaign for governor of New York |
| 1971-1990 | Returned to Washington, D.C., to practice law, write, and teach |
| 1977 | Appointed ambassador-at-large |
| 1977-1978 | Chairman, United States delegation to the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe, Belgrade, Yugoslavia |
| 1990, Jan. 19 | Died, Washington, D.C. |