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]
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walter, gellhorn, walter, fischel, gellhorn, september, 1906, december, 1995, american, legal, scholar, professor, bornwalter, fischel, gellhorn, 1906, september, 1906st, louis, missouri, dieddecember, 1995, 1995, aged, morningside, heights, manhattan, nationa. Walter Fischel Gellhorn September 18 1906 December 9 1995 was an American legal scholar and professor Walter GellhornBornWalter Fischel Gellhorn 1906 09 18 September 18 1906St Louis Missouri U S DiedDecember 9 1995 1995 12 09 aged 89 Morningside Heights Manhattan U S NationalityAmericanEducationAmherst CollegeColumbia UniversityOccupation s legal scholar and professorSpouseKitty Minus m 1932 wbr Children2 daughtersParentsGeorge Gellhorn father Edna Fischel Gellhorn mother Contents 1 Life and career 2 See also 3 References 4 Further readingLife and career editGellhorn was born in St Louis Missouri on September 18 1906 1 to suffragist Edna Fischel Gellhorn and George Gellhorn His sister was the war correspondent and novelist Martha Gellhorn and his younger brother Alfred was an oncologist and dean of the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine 2 He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from Amherst College in 1927 and graduated with a Bachelor of Laws from Columbia Law School in 1931 3 He served as judicial clerk to Harlan F Stone from 1931 to 1932 and was admitted to the bar of New York in 1932 3 On June 1 1932 he married Kitty Minus 3 4 From 1932 to 1933 he served as an attorney in the Office of the Solicitor General in the United States Department of Justice 5 6 In 1933 he left that position and became an assistant professor at Columbia Law School He became associate professor in 1938 3 From 1936 to 1938 he was the New York regional attorney for 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 professor and in 1957 he became Betts Professor of Law 6 He was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1961 and the American Philosophical Society in 1965 1 4 In 1973 he became the first professor of the Columbia Law School to be named University Professor Columbia University s highest academic rank which only three professors in the university had achieved at the time 6 10 In 1975 Gellhorn retired to emeritus status and the May 1975 issue of the Columbia Law Review was dedicated to him 11 with articles praising him written by Michael I Sovern 12 Harry W Jones 13 Harold Leventhal 14 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 editList of law clerks of the Supreme Court of the United States Seat 9 References edit a b Clendinen Dudley April 2 1980 Scholarly Transit Mediator Walter Gellhorn The New York Times p B2 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 a b Social Activities St Louis Post Dispatch June 2 1932 p 3C Retrieved January 28 2021 via Newspapers com a b Griswold Erwin N May 1975 Walter Gellhorn Columbia Law Review 75 4 708 709 doi 10 2307 1121682 JSTOR 1121682 a b c d Walter Gellhorn Law Authority Is Dead at 89 Columbia University Record Vol 21 no 13 January 19 1996 p 7 Gellhorn Gets OPA Post Columbia Law School Professor Is Named by Henderson The New York Times January 7 1942 p 13 ProQuest 106250232 Retrieved February 7 2021 Gellhorn Quits OPA For Another Agency Regional Attorney Formerly Was on Columbia Faculty The New York Times September 7 1943 ProQuest 106524273 Retrieved January 31 2021 Leary Speech Schedules Law Expert The Daily Utah Chronicle Vol 73 no 121 April 29 1964 p 1 Retrieved February 6 2021 via Newspapers com Henkin Louis December 1997 Walter Gellhorn 18 September 1906 9 December 1995 Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 141 4 472 476 JSTOR 987223 Resolution of the Faculty Columbia Law Review 75 4 695 697 May 1975 doi 10 2307 1121678 JSTOR 1121678 Sovern Michael I May 1975 Walter Gellhorn Columbia Law Review 75 4 698 699 doi 10 2307 1121679 JSTOR 1121679 Jones Harry W May 1975 Walter Gellhorn Colleague Columbia Law Review 75 4 700 702 doi 10 2307 1121680 JSTOR 1121680 Leventhal Harold May 1975 Walter Gellhorn A Judicial Appreciation Columbia Law Review 75 4 703 707 doi 10 2307 1121681 JSTOR 1121681 Greenberg Jack May 1975 Walter Gellhorn Columbia Law Review 75 4 710 712 doi 10 2307 1121683 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 Byse Clark April 1996 Walter Gellhorn Administrative Law Scholar Teacher Reformer Columbia Law Review 96 3 589 594 JSTOR 1123254 Gardner Warner W April 1996 Mentor Moderator and Much More Columbia Law Review 96 3 595 598 JSTOR 1123255 Lusky Louis April 1996 Walter Gellhorn Columbia Law Review 96 3 599 JSTOR 1123256 Strauss Peter L April 1996 Walter Gellhorn Columbia Law Review 96 3 600 605 JSTOR 1123257 Further reading editThomas Jr Robert Mcg December 11 1995 Walter Gellhorn Law Scholar And Professor Dies at 89 The New York Times Writings of Walter Gellhorn Columbia Law Review 75 4 713 719 May 1975 doi 10 2307 1121684 JSTOR 1121684 Selected Writings of Walter Gellhorn Columbia Law Review 96 3 606 611 April 1996 JSTOR 1123258 Works by or about Walter Gellhorn at Internet Archive Walter Gellhorn JSTOR Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Walter Gellhorn amp oldid 1189173853, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
