Kampelman, Max M., 1920-2013

Max M. Kampelmacher was born to Jewish Austrian immigrant parents on November 7, 1920. He grew up in the Bronx, New York, attending Jewish parochial schools and the Talmudical Academy High School. He graduated from New York University in 1940. In 1941, just before entering law school, he changed his surname to Kampelman. He achieved a J.D. from the School of Law at New York University in 1945 and earned his M.A. in Political Science from the University of Minnesota in 1946. He taught at the University of Minnesota from 1946 through 1947 and then at Bennington College (Bennington, Vermont) in 1948.

In January of 1949 he took a three-month leave from Bennington to help Hubert H. Humphrey, whom he had met while attending the University of Minnesota, set up his Washington, D.C., office. Kampelman stayed with Humphrey as his legislative counsel until 1955 and remained a lifelong friend and advisor to Humphrey. In 1956 Kampelman completed a Ph.D. in political science at the University of Minnesota. Kampelman joined the law firm of Fried, Frank, Harris & Shriver in 1957, moving to their Washington, D.C., office.

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