Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
Date | Event |
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1913, Dec. 7 | Born, Trenton, N.J. |
1935 | A.B., Hamilton College, Clinton, N.Y. |
1938 | J.D., Cornell Law School, Ithaca, N.Y. |
1938-1942 | Lawyer, Sutherland and Sutherland, Rochester, N.Y. |
1939 | Married Evelyn Zimmerman (died 2010) |
1942-1944 | Assistant general counsel, Office of Price Administration |
1944-1946 | Lieutenant, United States Naval Reserve |
1946-1958 | Partner, Sutherland, Linowitz and Williams, Rochester, N.Y. |
1947 | Counsel, Haloid Co., Rochester, N.Y. |
1951 | Vice president in charge of patents and licensing, Haloid Co. |
1951-1959 | Founder and moderator, Court of Public Opinion, public affairs television program, Rochester, N.Y. |
1957 | Member, board of directors, Rank Xerox, London, England |
1958-1966 | Senior partner, Harris, Beach, Wilcox, Dale and Linowitz, Rochester, N.Y. |
1959 | Chairman, executive committee, and general counsel, Haloid Xerox, Inc. |
1961-1966 | Chairman of the board, Xerox Corp. |
1962 | Chairman, Advisory Committee on International Organizations, State Dept. |
1964 | Cofounder, with David Rockefeller, International Executive Service Corps. |
1965 | Member, President's General Advisory Committee on Foreign Assistance Programs |
1966 | Chairman, Xerox International, Inc. |
1966-1969 | Ambassador, Organization of American States |
1969-1984 | Senior partner, Coudert Brothers, Washington, D.C. |
1970-1973 | Chairman, National Urban Coalition |
1974-1976 | Chairman, Commission on United States-Latin American Relations |
1977-1978 | Co-negotiator with Ellsworth Bunker, Panama Canal treaties |
1978-1980 | Chairman, Presidential Commission on World Hunger |
1979-1981 | Personal representative of the president for Middle East peace negotiations |
1981-1992 | Founding chairman, Inter-American Dialogue |
1984-1994 | Senior counsel, Coudert Brothers, Washington, D.C. |
1985 | Published his memoirs, The Making of a Public Man. Boston: Little, Brown and Co. |
1998 | Awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom |
2005, Mar. 18 | Died, Washington, D.C. |