Bork, Robert H

Biographical Note

• 1927, Mar. 1: Born, Pittsburgh, Pa.
• 1944 - 1945 : Attended University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pa.
• 1945 - 1946 : Member, United States Marine Corps Reserve
• 1948: B.A., University of Chicago, Chicago, Ill.
• 1950 - 1952 : Member, United States Marine Corps Reserve
• 1952: Married Claire Davidson (died 1980)
• 1953: J.D., University of Chicago Law School, Chicago, Ill. Admitted, Illinois bar
• 1953 - 1954 : Research associate, Law and Economics Project, University of Chicago Law School, Chicago, Ill.
• 1954 - 1955 : Associate, Willkie, Owen, Farr, Gallagher & Walton, New York, N.Y.
• 1955 - 1962 : Associate and partner, Kirkland, Ellis, Hodson, Chaffetz & Masters, Chicago, Ill.
• 1962 - 1965 : Associate professor, Yale University Law School, New Haven, Conn.
• 1965 - 1973 : Professor, Yale University Law School, New Haven, Conn.
• 1968: Consultant, Commerce Department Member, Presidential Task Force on Antitrust
• 1972: Consultant, Cabinet Committee on Education Special master, Connecticut General Assembly reapportionment
• 1973 - 1977 : Solicitor general, Justice Department
• 1973 - 1978 : Trustee, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington, D.C.
• 1977: Admitted to District of Columbia bar
• 1977 - 1979 : Chancellor Kent professor of law, Yale University Law School, New Haven, Conn.
• 1977 - 1982 : Resident and adjunct scholar, American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, Washington, D.C.
• 1979 - 1981 : Alexander M. Bickel professor of public law, Yale University Law School, New Haven, Conn.
• 1981 - 1982 : Partner, Kirkland & Ellis, Washington, D.C.
• 1982: Married Mary Ellen Pohl
• 1982 - 1988 : Judge, United States Court of Appeals, Washington, D.C.
• 1984: Recipient, Francis Boyer award, American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, Washington, D.C.
• 1987: Nominee, United States Supreme Court
• 1988: Director, Institute for Educational Affairs, New York, N.Y. Governor, Smith Richardson Foundation, Westport, Conn. Legal advisor, National Legal Center for the Public Interest, Washington, D.C.
• 1988 - : John M. Olin scholar in legal studies, American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, Washington, D.C.
• 1989: Member, Permanent Committee for the Oliver Wendell Holmes Devise

From the guide to the Robert H. Bork Papers, 1924-1987, (bulk 1962-1982), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)