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Michael Sonnenreich

December 15, 2023

Michael Roy Sonnenreich (IPA: [zɔnənʁaɪç] saw-nen-reich; born May 5, 1938)[1] is an American lawyer, art collector, and a philanthropist who previously worked in technology, pharmaceutical, and global marketing. He is notable for co-creating the Controlled Substances Act while serving as the executive director of the Shafer Commission.

Michael R. Sonnenreich
Born
Michael Roy Sonnenreich

(1938-05-05) May 5, 1938 (age 85)
New York City, U.S.
Education
Occupation(s)Lawyer, businessman, investor
Years active(1960s–present)
Known forCo-creating the Controlled Substances Act
Children2

Sonnenreich is the chairman of the board of Kikaku America International,[2] President of The Fund to Conserve United States Diplomatic Treasures Abroad (a privately funded sub-division of the State Department),[3][4] and Vice Chairman of PharMa International Corporation in Tokyo, Japan.[5] He also served as a former adjunct professor of law at the University of Virginia, University of California, Los Angeles, and Southern Methodist University.[6]

Early life edit

Childhood edit

Sonnenreich was born on May 5, 1938, in Manhattan, New York. He is the son of late Emanuel Hirsch and Fay Rosenberg Sonnenreich. He attended Bronx High School of Science in the early 1950s.

Career edit

Government edit

Sonnenreich served from 1963 to 1965 as a Second Lieutenant in the military and was honorably discharged.[7] After Sonnenreich graduated from Harvard Law and passed the D.C. bar exam, he started serving in the Department of Justices' criminal law division for a few years.[8] Then, Sonnenreich had transferred to the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs (a division of the Department of Justice) as Deputy Chief Counsel from 1969 to 1971, and was later appointed by President Nixon to be the executive director of the National Commission on Marijuana and Drug Abuse / Shafer Commission from 1971 to 1973.[9] While there, with the help of his friend White House Counsel head John Dean and the Director of the BNDD John Ingersoll, they formulated the Controlled Substances Act.[10][11] He was also President of the National Coordinating Council on Drug Education from 1973 to 1974. [12] While working at the Supreme Court, Sonnenreich became a partner at his own firm Sonnenreich & Roccograndi in Washington, DC, specializing in International Business, Drug Law, Pharmaceutical Regulation. He terminated his law firm partnership after joining Sackler's personal legal cohort.[citation needed]

Relations with Arthur M. Sackler edit

While working in the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs, Sonnenreich prosecuted supreme court cases against psychiatrist Arthur Sackler concerning Betadine, Senaflax, Librium and Valium.[13] Although on opposite sides of these cases, Sackler approached Sonnenreich to join his legal team. Sonnenreich at the time wanted to stay "with the government" and did not want to work directly for Sackler; years later however, Sonnenreich accepted his job offer. Sonnenreich worked with Sackler for more than a decade.[14] Sackler gave Sonnenreich the ability to control his assets and stocks while working for him.[15][16] When Sackler died in 1987, Sonnenreich helped establish the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery at the (Freer Gallery of Art/Smithsonian Institution) and the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art to preserve some of both their art collections.[17][18]

Later career edit

Sonnenreich has served as a board member and trustee of many companies, among them Wi2Wi,[19] Tyhee Development Corp. Ltd.,[20][21] Scientific American,[22] and Medical Tribune International.[23] Sonnenreich was president of the Washington National Opera from 1996 to 1998 and again from 2002 to 2006.[24][25][26] He was chairman of the DC Jazz Festival (2010–2014)[27][28] and commissioner of the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities (2008–2011).[29] Secretary Glickman and Sonnenreich lead the international conference on government regulation and the world food supply in 1997, while Sonnenreich was on the board at Tufts University and Johns Hopkins University.[30][31] In 2007, Sonnenreich "used his extensive Rolodex (and uncanny political abilities) to help free a group of jailed workers employed in an American factory in Asia, thereby averting the shut-down of that company's operations," prompting a reconciliation with the host government.[32]

Recognition edit

In 2008, he was named Distinguished Washingtonian by the University Club of Washington, DC. Also, the Washington Life Magazine listed Michael Sonnenreich in the Power 100 three consecutive times, occurring in 2007, 2008, and 2009.[33][34][35]

Further reading edit

Committee hearing records edit

  • Hearings, Reports, and Prints of the House Committee on Appropriations. US Congress. (1971). US Government Printing Office.[36]
  • Report of the Panel on the Impact of Information on Drug Use and Misuse, Phase I. (1972). National Academy of Sciences.[37]
  • Marihuana research and legal controls (1974). Hearings before the Subcommittee on Alcoholism and Narcotics of the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare, United States Senate, Ninety-third Congress, second session ... November 19 and 20 (1974).
  • United States Congress Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare Subcommittee on Alcoholism (1975). United States Congress.[38]
  • Presidential Daily Diary, compiled 10-1969 (1969). The White House.[citation needed]
  • Anderson, Patrick. High in America. (2015). Garrett County Press.[39]
  • Sonnenreich, Michael, Bogomolny, Robert, Graham, Robert J. Handbook of Federal narcotic and dangerous drug laws (1969). For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Office[40]
  • Second Supplemental Appropriation Bill (1971). Hearings Before Subcommittees of the Committee on Appropriations, House of Representatives, Ninety-second Congress, First Session (1971). U.S. Government Printing Office.[41]

References edit

  1. ^ Identities, WorldCat (2010). "Sonnenreich, Michael R. 1938". OCLC. Retrieved May 19, 2018.
  2. ^ "Kikaku America International". pharmaamerica.com. Retrieved May 15, 2018.
  3. ^ "About". United States Department of State, Office of Cultural Heritage. 2016.
  4. ^ "U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Supports New Initiative to Conserve U.S. Cultural Assets Abroad, Endorses Business Leader and Philanthropist Michael R. Sonnenreich as President of The Fund to Conserve". BusinessWire. Retrieved May 14, 2018.
  5. ^ "Who We Are". Pharma International Inc. 2016.
  6. ^ "ISEYF Company Profile & Executives – Wi2Wi Corp. – Wall Street Journal". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved May 15, 2018.
  7. ^ Military Law Review Vol. 81 (PDF). Department of the Army. 1958–1978.
  8. ^ https://digitalcommons.law.villanova.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1717&context=vlr[bare URL PDF]
  9. ^ Strength of the Pack: The Personalities, Politics and Espionage Intrigues. Douglas Valentine. November 15, 2010. ISBN 9781936296910. Retrieved May 13, 2018.
  10. ^ Belair, Felix Jr. (May 20, 1971). "Shafer Discounts Marijuana 'veto'". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved May 15, 2018.
  11. ^ The Quest for Drug Control: Politics and Federal Policy in a Period of Increasing Substance Abuse, 1963–1981. Yale University Press. October 2008. ISBN 978-0300137842. Retrieved May 13, 2018.
  12. ^ "Order of Proceedings Symposium, Contemporary Problems of Drug Abuse, 18 Villa-nova Law Review 1973". Villanova Law Review. 18: 788. 1973. Retrieved May 18, 2018.
  13. ^ Keefe, Patrick Radden (October 23, 2017). "The Family That Built an Empire of Pain". The New Yorker. ISSN 0028-792X. Retrieved May 15, 2018.
  14. ^ "Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Files" (PDF). Smithsonian. 01–182: 8. 1979–1999 – via Smithsonian Institution Archives.
  15. ^ "Casetext". casetext.com. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
  16. ^ Remnick, David (July 30, 1982). "The Sackler Collection, Cont'd". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved May 15, 2018.
  17. ^ . Smithsonian Institution. 2010. Archived from the original on May 14, 2018. Retrieved May 14, 2018.
  18. ^ Reif, Rita (January 7, 1993). "Court Upholds Injunction On Sale of Sackler Art". The New York Times. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
  19. ^ "Board of Directors". Wi2Wi. 2018.
  20. ^ "Michael R. Sonnenreich, Chairman and CEO of Williams Creek, Joins Tyhee Development Corporation Board of Directors". Retrieved May 16, 2018.
  21. ^ "MR. MICHAEL SONNENREICH NAMED TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF TYHEE DEVELOPMENT CORP". Cision. November 2017.
  22. ^ Nahas, Gabriel G. (October 22, 2013). Keep off the Grass: A Scientific Enquiry Into the Biological Effects of Marijuana. Elsevier. ISBN 9781483280370.
  23. ^ "Michael Sonnenreich". Bloomberg Businessweek. 2017.
  24. ^ Page, Tim (February 26, 2004). "Washington Opera Goes 'National' In Name and Vision". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved May 16, 2018.
  25. ^ "History". kennedy-center.org. Retrieved May 14, 2018.
  26. ^ "How DC Made "National" Mean Nothing". Washingtonian. June 2, 2016.
  27. ^ . DC Jazz Festival. March 19, 2015. Archived from the original on May 16, 2018. Retrieved May 15, 2018.
  28. ^ "DC Jazz Fest Trustee Reception". bisnow.com. Retrieved May 15, 2018.
  29. ^ "Public Art Master Plan" (PDF). dc.gov. DC Arts. 2009.
  30. ^ Editorial, Reuters. "Stock Quotes & Company News | Reuters.com". U.S. Retrieved May 14, 2018. {{cite web}}: |first= has generic name (help)
  31. ^ "Government Regulation and World Food Supply". C-SPAN. February 28, 1997. Secretary Glickman and Michael R. Sonnenreich spoke at an international conference on government regulation and the world food supply. Glickman stressed the important role of biotechnological research and development in addressing world food shortages. After his prepared remarks, he took questions from the audience.
  32. ^ "Power 100". Washington Life Magazine. May 1, 2008.
  33. ^ "The 2008 Power 100". Washington Life Magazine. May 1, 2008.
  34. ^ "The 2007 Power 100". Washington Life Magazine. May 1, 2007.
  35. ^ "The 2009 Power 100". Washington Life Magazine. May 1, 2009.
  36. ^ Appropriations, United States Congress House Committee on (1971). Hearings, Reports, and Prints of the House Committee on Appropriations. U.S. Government Printing Office.
  37. ^ National Academy of Sciences (1972). Report of the Panel on the Impact of Information on Drug Use and Misuse, Phase I. National Academies.
  38. ^ Narcotics, United States Congress Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare Subcommittee on Alcoholism and (1975). Marihuana research and legal controls, 1974: hearings before the Subcommittee on Alcoholism and Narcotics of the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare, United States Senate, Ninety-third Congress, second session ... November 19 and 20, 1974. U.S. Govt. Print. Off.
  39. ^ (2015). Garrett County Press.Anderson, Patrick (May 17, 2015). High in America. Garrett County Press. ISBN 9781939430168.
  40. ^ Sonnenreich, Michael R.; Bogomolny, Robert L.; Graham, Robert J. (1969). Handbook of Federal narcotic and dangerous drug laws. For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off.
  41. ^ Appropriations, United States Congress House Committee on (1971). Second Supplemental Appropriation Bill, 1971: Hearings Before Subcommittees of the Committee on Appropriations, House of Representatives, Ninety-second Congress, First Session. U.S. Government Printing Office.

December 15, 2023
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Michael Roy Sonnenreich IPA zɔnenʁaɪc saw nen reich born May 5 1938 1 is an American lawyer art collector and a philanthropist who previously worked in technology pharmaceutical and global marketing He is notable for co creating the Controlled Substances Act while serving as the executive director of the Shafer Commission Michael R SonnenreichBornMichael Roy Sonnenreich 1938 05 05 May 5 1938 age 85 New York City U S EducationUniversity of Wisconsin BA amp BS University of Madrid Spain Certificate of Matriculation Harvard University LL B JD Occupation s Lawyer businessman investorYears active 1960s present Known forCo creating the Controlled Substances ActChildren2Sonnenreich is the chairman of the board of Kikaku America International 2 President of The Fund to Conserve United States Diplomatic Treasures Abroad a privately funded sub division of the State Department 3 4 and Vice Chairman of PharMa International Corporation in Tokyo Japan 5 He also served as a former adjunct professor of law at the University of Virginia University of California Los Angeles and Southern Methodist University 6 Contents 1 Early life 1 1 Childhood 2 Career 2 1 Government 2 2 Relations with Arthur M Sackler 2 3 Later career 2 4 Recognition 3 Further reading 3 1 Committee hearing records 4 ReferencesEarly life editChildhood edit Sonnenreich was born on May 5 1938 in Manhattan New York He is the son of late Emanuel Hirsch and Fay Rosenberg Sonnenreich He attended Bronx High School of Science in the early 1950s Career editGovernment edit Sonnenreich served from 1963 to 1965 as a Second Lieutenant in the military and was honorably discharged 7 After Sonnenreich graduated from Harvard Law and passed the D C bar exam he started serving in the Department of Justices criminal law division for a few years 8 Then Sonnenreich had transferred to the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs a division of the Department of Justice as Deputy Chief Counsel from 1969 to 1971 and was later appointed by President Nixon to be the executive director of the National Commission on Marijuana and Drug Abuse Shafer Commission from 1971 to 1973 9 While there with the help of his friend White House Counsel head John Dean and the Director of the BNDD John Ingersoll they formulated the Controlled Substances Act 10 11 He was also President of the National Coordinating Council on Drug Education from 1973 to 1974 12 While working at the Supreme Court Sonnenreich became a partner at his own firm Sonnenreich amp Roccograndi in Washington DC specializing in International Business Drug Law Pharmaceutical Regulation He terminated his law firm partnership after joining Sackler s personal legal cohort citation needed Relations with Arthur M Sackler edit While working in the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Sonnenreich prosecuted supreme court cases against psychiatrist Arthur Sackler concerning Betadine Senaflax Librium and Valium 13 Although on opposite sides of these cases Sackler approached Sonnenreich to join his legal team Sonnenreich at the time wanted to stay with the government and did not want to work directly for Sackler years later however Sonnenreich accepted his job offer Sonnenreich worked with Sackler for more than a decade 14 Sackler gave Sonnenreich the ability to control his assets and stocks while working for him 15 16 When Sackler died in 1987 Sonnenreich helped establish the Arthur M Sackler Gallery at the Freer Gallery of Art Smithsonian Institution and the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art to preserve some of both their art collections 17 18 Later career edit Sonnenreich has served as a board member and trustee of many companies among them Wi2Wi 19 Tyhee Development Corp Ltd 20 21 Scientific American 22 and Medical Tribune International 23 Sonnenreich was president of the Washington National Opera from 1996 to 1998 and again from 2002 to 2006 24 25 26 He was chairman of the DC Jazz Festival 2010 2014 27 28 and commissioner of the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities 2008 2011 29 Secretary Glickman and Sonnenreich lead the international conference on government regulation and the world food supply in 1997 while Sonnenreich was on the board at Tufts University and Johns Hopkins University 30 31 In 2007 Sonnenreich used his extensive Rolodex and uncanny political abilities to help free a group of jailed workers employed in an American factory in Asia thereby averting the shut down of that company s operations prompting a reconciliation with the host government 32 Recognition edit In 2008 he was named Distinguished Washingtonian by the University Club of Washington DC Also the Washington Life Magazine listed Michael Sonnenreich in the Power 100 three consecutive times occurring in 2007 2008 and 2009 33 34 35 Further reading editCommittee hearing records edit Hearings Reports and Prints of the House Committee on Appropriations US Congress 1971 US Government Printing Office 36 Report of the Panel on the Impact of Information on Drug Use and Misuse Phase I 1972 National Academy of Sciences 37 Marihuana research and legal controls 1974 Hearings before the Subcommittee on Alcoholism and Narcotics of the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare United States Senate Ninety third Congress second session November 19 and 20 1974 United States Congress Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare Subcommittee on Alcoholism 1975 United States Congress 38 Presidential Daily Diary compiled 10 1969 1969 The White House citation needed Anderson Patrick High in America 2015 Garrett County Press 39 Sonnenreich Michael Bogomolny Robert Graham Robert J Handbook of Federal narcotic and dangerous drug laws 1969 For sale by the Supt of Docs U S Govt Print Office 40 Second Supplemental Appropriation Bill 1971 Hearings Before Subcommittees of the Committee on Appropriations House of Representatives Ninety second Congress First Session 1971 U S Government Printing Office 41 References edit Identities WorldCat 2010 Sonnenreich Michael R 1938 OCLC Retrieved May 19 2018 Kikaku America International pharmaamerica com Retrieved May 15 2018 About United States Department of State Office of Cultural Heritage 2016 U S Secretary of State John Kerry Supports New Initiative to Conserve U S Cultural Assets Abroad Endorses Business Leader and Philanthropist Michael R Sonnenreich as President of The Fund to Conserve BusinessWire Retrieved May 14 2018 Who We Are Pharma International Inc 2016 ISEYF Company Profile amp Executives Wi2Wi Corp Wall Street Journal The Wall Street Journal Retrieved May 15 2018 Military Law Review Vol 81 PDF Department of the Army 1958 1978 https digitalcommons law villanova edu cgi viewcontent cgi article 1717 amp context vlr bare URL PDF Strength of the Pack The Personalities Politics and Espionage Intrigues Douglas Valentine November 15 2010 ISBN 9781936296910 Retrieved May 13 2018 Belair Felix Jr May 20 1971 Shafer Discounts Marijuana veto The New York Times ISSN 0362 4331 Retrieved May 15 2018 The Quest for Drug Control Politics and Federal Policy in a Period of Increasing Substance Abuse 1963 1981 Yale University Press October 2008 ISBN 978 0300137842 Retrieved May 13 2018 Order of Proceedings Symposium Contemporary Problems of Drug Abuse 18 Villa nova Law Review 1973 Villanova Law Review 18 788 1973 Retrieved May 18 2018 Keefe Patrick Radden October 23 2017 The Family That Built an Empire of Pain The New Yorker ISSN 0028 792X Retrieved May 15 2018 Arthur M Sackler Gallery Files PDF Smithsonian 01 182 8 1979 1999 via Smithsonian Institution Archives Casetext casetext com Retrieved May 21 2018 Remnick David July 30 1982 The Sackler Collection Cont d The Washington Post ISSN 0190 8286 Retrieved May 15 2018 A New Life For Ancient Chinese Jades And Bronzes at the Freer Smithsonian Institution 2010 Archived from the original on May 14 2018 Retrieved May 14 2018 Reif Rita January 7 1993 Court Upholds Injunction On Sale of Sackler Art The New York Times Retrieved May 21 2018 Board of Directors Wi2Wi 2018 Michael R Sonnenreich Chairman and CEO of Williams Creek Joins Tyhee Development Corporation Board of Directors Retrieved May 16 2018 MR MICHAEL SONNENREICH NAMED TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF TYHEE DEVELOPMENT CORP Cision November 2017 Nahas Gabriel G October 22 2013 Keep off the Grass A Scientific Enquiry Into the Biological Effects of Marijuana Elsevier ISBN 9781483280370 Michael Sonnenreich Bloomberg Businessweek 2017 Page Tim February 26 2004 Washington Opera Goes National In Name and Vision The Washington Post ISSN 0190 8286 Retrieved May 16 2018 History kennedy center org Retrieved May 14 2018 How DC Made National Mean Nothing Washingtonian June 2 2016 Linda and Michael Sonnenreich DC Jazz Festival March 19 2015 Archived from the original on May 16 2018 Retrieved May 15 2018 DC Jazz Fest Trustee Reception bisnow com Retrieved May 15 2018 Public Art Master Plan PDF dc gov DC Arts 2009 Editorial Reuters Stock Quotes amp Company News Reuters com U S Retrieved May 14 2018 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a first has generic name help Government Regulation and World Food Supply C SPAN February 28 1997 Secretary Glickman and Michael R Sonnenreich spoke at an international conference on government regulation and the world food supply Glickman stressed the important role of biotechnological research and development in addressing world food shortages After his prepared remarks he took questions from the audience Power 100 Washington Life Magazine May 1 2008 The 2008 Power 100 Washington Life Magazine May 1 2008 The 2007 Power 100 Washington Life Magazine May 1 2007 The 2009 Power 100 Washington Life Magazine May 1 2009 Appropriations United States Congress House Committee on 1971 Hearings Reports and Prints of the House Committee on Appropriations U S Government Printing Office National Academy of Sciences 1972 Report of the Panel on the Impact of Information on Drug Use and Misuse Phase I National Academies Narcotics United States Congress Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare Subcommittee on Alcoholism and 1975 Marihuana research and legal controls 1974 hearings before the Subcommittee on Alcoholism and Narcotics of the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare United States Senate Ninety third Congress second session November 19 and 20 1974 U S Govt Print Off 2015 Garrett County Press Anderson Patrick May 17 2015 High in America Garrett County Press ISBN 9781939430168 Sonnenreich Michael R Bogomolny Robert L Graham Robert J 1969 Handbook of Federal narcotic and dangerous drug laws For sale by the Supt of Docs U S Govt Print Off Appropriations United States Congress House Committee on 1971 Second Supplemental Appropriation Bill 1971 Hearings Before Subcommittees of the Committee on Appropriations House of Representatives Ninety second Congress First Session U S Government Printing Office Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Michael Sonnenreich amp oldid 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