Fraenkel, Osmond K. (Osmond Kessler), 1888-1983
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Lawyer; interviewee d.1983.
From the description of Reminiscences of Osmond Kessler Fraenkel : oral history, 1974. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309734307
Fraenkel was a New York City lawyer who served on the American Civil Liberties Union's Board of Directors and as its general counsel.
From the description of Osmond K. Fraenkel diaries, 1933-1968. (Princeton University Library). WorldCat record id: 82393949
Lawyer. Attended Harvard College; LL. D. Columbia, 1911. Practiced law in N.Y.C.; general counsel to A.C.L.U. 1954-1977. Closely identified with issues of academic and artistic freedom and the right of free speech. Author of more than 100 articles and several books, including The Sacco-Vanzetti Case and The Supreme Court and Civil Liberties.
From the description of Papers, 1888-1980. (Harvard Law School Library). WorldCat record id: 236047275
Fraenkel, Osmond Kessler, lawyer, civil libertarian, author.
b. 17 October 1888, New York, New York
s. Joseph E. and Emily (Kessler) Fraenkel
A.B. magna cum laude, Harvard University, '1908
A.M., Harvard University, 1908
LL.B., Columbia University, 1911
m. Helene Esberg, 11 December 1913; children: Nancy (Mrs. James A. Wechsler), Carol (Mrs. Mack Lipkin), George K.
Admitted to New York State bar, 1910
Attorney and partner, Goldsmith and Fraenkel, 1916-1928; Goldsmith, Jackson and Brock, 1928-1942; Fraenkel, Jackson and Levitt, 1942-1945
Counsel to Hays, St. John, Abramson and Schulman, later Hays, St. John, Abramson and Heilbron, 1945-1981; Rabinowitz, Boudin, Standard, Krinsky and Lieberman, P.C., 1982-1983
Co-counsel to New York Civil Liberties Union, 1934-1955
General counsel to American Civil Liberties Union, 1955-1977
Recipient, Florina Lasker Award, New York Civil Liberties Union, 1973
Member, Association of the Bar of the City of New York; member of its Law Reform Committee Member, National Lawyers Guild; American Arbitration Association
d. 16 May 1983
- The Sacco-Vanzetti Case,1931
- Our Civil Liberties,1945
- The Supreme Court and Civil Liberties[Revised to end of 1961 term of the Court], 1966
- Also articles in legal journals and general magazines.
From the guide to the Papers, 1912-1983, (Harvard Law School Library, Harvard University)
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