Ginsburg, David, 1912-2010

Variant names
Dates:
Birth 1912-04-20
Death 2010-05-23
German, English,

Biographical notes:

Lawyer, author, and educator.

From the description of David Ginsburg papers, 1919-2007 (bulk 1945-2005). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 745430152

Biographical Note

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”) Essley (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 African-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.

From the guide to the David Ginsburg Papers, 1919-2007, (bulk 1945-2005), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

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Subjects:

  • African Americans
  • Airlines
  • Airlines
  • Civil rights
  • Civil rights
  • Elections
  • Elections
  • Elections
  • Elections
  • Labor disputes
  • Labor disputes
  • Practice of law
  • Practice of law
  • Presidents
  • Railroads
  • Railroads
  • Riots
  • Riots
  • World War, 1939-1945

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  • Authors
  • Educators
  • Lawyers

Places:

  • Germany (as recorded)
  • Washington (D.C.) (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)
  • Germany (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)

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