Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1912, Apr. 30 | Born, New York, N.Y. |
| 1932 | A.B., West Virginia University, Morgantown, W.Va. |
| 1935 | LL.B., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. |
| 1935-1939 | Attorney, Public Utilities Division and Office of General Counsel, Securities and Exchange Commission |
| 1939 | Law clerk, Justice William O. Douglas, United States Supreme Court |
| 1939-1940 | Assistant to the commissioner, Securities and Exchange Commission |
| 1940 | Married Leah Lipson (divorced 1949) |
| 1940-1941 | Legal advisor, National Defense Advisory Committee, Price Stabilization Division |
| 1941-1942 | General counsel, Office of Price Administration and Civilian Supply |
| 1942-1943 | General counsel, Office of Price Administration |
| 1943-1946 | Served in United States Army |
| 1945-1946 | Deputy director, Economics Division, Office of Military Government for Germany (United States), Berlin, Germany |
| 1946-1998 | Partner in law firm, Ginsburg and Leventhal (later Ginsburg, Feldman & Bress) |
| 1947 | Published, The Future of German Reparations. Washington, D.C.: National Planning Association Consultant to United States delegation, Committee of Experts, Austrian Treaty Commission, Vienna, Austria |
| 1947-1948 | Consultant to United States delegation, Council of Foreign Ministers, Fifth Session, London, England |
| 1950 | Married Christina (“Ina”) Esslay (divorced) Administrative assistant, Senator Matthew Mansfield Neely |
| circa 1951-1963 | Attorney, representing Studiengesellschaft für privatrechtliche Auslandinteresse, e. V., in the recovery of German assets seized in foreign countries during World War II |
| 1958-1959 | Attorney, aiding in the representation of the trustees of Interessengemeinschaft Farbenindustrie Aktiengesellschaft |
| 1959-1967 | Adjunct professor of International Law, Georgetown University, School of Law, Washington, D.C. |
| 1960-1969 | Board member and chairman of Executive Committee, National Symphony Orchestra Association |
| 1966 | Member, Presidential Emergency Board No. 166 (Airlines) |
| 1967-1968 | Executive director, National Advisory Council on Civil Disorders (Kerner Commission) investigating the cause of the summer riots in the Africa American community |
| 1968 | Co-chairman, Citizens for Humphrey, during the presidential campaign Consultant, Office of Emergency Planning |
| 1968-1970 | General counsel, Democratic National Committee |
| 1969 | Chairman, Presidential Emergency Board No. 169 (Railroads) |
| circa 1975 | Married Marianne Laïs |
| 1998-2007 | Senior counsel, law firm of Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy |
| 2010, May 23 | Died, Arlington, Va. |