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Boris Irving Bittker was born on November 16, 1916, in Rochester, New York. He received his B.A. from Cornell University in 1938. Bittker attended Yale Law School and obtained his LL.B. in 1941. He clerked for Judge Jerome N. Frank on the U. S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Bittker worked as an attorney in the Office of Emergency Management, Foreigh Economic Administration (Lend-Lease Administration) from 1942 until he was inducted into the Army. He served as an infantryman in Europe and was awarded a Purple Heart. In 1946, he returned to Yale Law School as an assistant professor and was thereafter promoted to the posts of Southmayd Professor (1951), Sterling Professor of Law (1970), and Professor Emeritus (1983). Bittker was a prolific author and renowed expert in taxation, as evidenced by his two most influential casebooks Federal Income, Estate, and Gift Taxation and Federal Income Taxation of Corporations and Shareholders. Boris I. Bitter died on September 8, 2005, and was survived by his two children, Daniel Bittker and Susan Bittker.

From the description of Boris I. Bittker papers, 1939-2006 (inclusive), 1959-1986 (bulk). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702195700

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