Linowitz, Sol M., 1913-2005

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Lawyer, diplomat, U.S. presidential advisor, and businessman.

From the description of Sol M. Linowitz papers, 1778-1999 (bulk 1946-1995). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71060260

Lawyer, government official.

From the description of Reminiscences of Sol Myron Linowitz : oral history, 1983. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309727043

From the description of Reminiscences of Sol Myron Linowitz : oral history, 1976. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122528256

Biographical Note

  • 1913, Dec. 7: Born, Trenton, N.J.
  • 1935: A.B., Hamilton College, Clinton, N.Y.
  • 1938: J.D., Cornell Law School, Ithaca, N.Y.
  • 1938 - 1942 : Lawyer, Sutherland and Sutherland, Rochester, N.Y.
  • 1939: Married Evelyn Zimmerman
  • 1942 - 1944 : Assistant general counsel, Office of Price Administration
  • 1944 - 1946 : Lieutenant, United States Naval Reserve
  • 1946 - 1958 : Partner, Sutherland, Linowitz and Williams, Rochester, N.Y.
  • 1947: Counsel, Haloid Co., Rochester, N.Y.
  • 1951: Vice president in charge of patents and licensing, Haloid Co.
  • 1951 - 1959 : Founder and moderator, “Court of Public Opinion,” public affairs television program, Rochester, N.Y.
  • 1957: Member, board of directors, Rank Xerox, London, England
  • 1958 - 1966 : Senior partner, Harris, Beach, Wilcox, Dale and Linowitz, Rochester, N.Y.
  • 1959: Chairman, executive committee, and general counsel, Haloid Xerox, Inc.
  • 1961 - 1966 : Chairman of the board, Xerox Corp.
  • 1962: Chairman, Advisory Committee on International Organizations, State Dept.
  • 1964: Cofounder, with David Rockefeller, International Executive Service Corps.
  • 1965: Member, President's General Advisory Committee on Foreign Assistance Programs
  • 1966: Chairman, Xerox International, Inc.
  • 1966 - 1969 : Ambassador, Organization of American States
  • 1969 - 1984 : Senior partner, Coudert Brothers, Washington, D.C.
  • 1970 - 1973 : Chairman, National Urban Coalition
  • 1974 - 1976 : Chairman, Commission on United States-Latin American Relations
  • 1977 - 1978 : Co-negotiator with Ellsworth Bunker, Panama Canal treaties
  • 1978 - 1980 : Chairman, Presidential Commission on World Hunger
  • 1979 - 1981 : Personal representative of the president for Middle East peace negotiations
  • 1981 - 1992 : Founding chairman, Inter-American Dialogue
  • 1984 - 1994 : Senior counsel, Coudert Brothers, Washington, D.C.
  • 1985: Published his memoirs, The Making of a Public Man. Boston: Little, Brown and Co.
  • 1998: Awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom
  • 2005, March 18: Died, Washington, D.C.

From the guide to the Sol M. Linowitz Papers, 1778-1999, (bulk 1946-1995), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

Archival Resources
Role Title Holding Repository
referencedIn Mary McGrory Papers, 1928-2004, (bulk 1956-2002) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn Perkins, James Alfred, 1911-1998. James Perkins papers, 1963-1969. Cornell University Library
creatorOf Linowitz, Sol M., 1913-2005. Correspondence with Marian Anderson, 1959. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
referencedIn Dale R. Corson papers, 1963-1977. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
creatorOf Records of the 1976 Campaign Committee to Elect Jimmy Carter . 1976 - 1976. Stuart Eizenstat's Subject Files. 1976 - 1976. Correspondence, Eizenstat, 3/76-11/76 [1-23] Jimmy Carter Library
referencedIn Anthony Lake Papers, 1916-2003, (bulk 1963-1997) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn The Benny Goodman Papers, 1910-1992, inclusive Irving S. Gilmore Music Library
referencedIn Anthony Lake Papers, 1916-2003, (bulk 1963-1997) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn John Mason Brown papers, 1922-1967. Houghton Library
referencedIn Corson, Dale R. Dale R. Corson papers, 1963-1977. Cornell University Library
referencedIn Audio and video tapes and records, [ca. 1930-1985] New York State Historical Documents Inventory
referencedIn Records of the Office of the Staff Secretary. 1976 - 1981. Presidential Files. 1977 - 1981. 8/24/77 Jimmy Carter Library
referencedIn Paul A. Freund papers Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138
creatorOf Records of the 1976 Campaign Committee to Elect Jimmy Carter . 1976 - 1976. Stuart Eizenstat's Subject Files. 1976 - 1976. Correspondence, Jimmy Carter, 7/73-10/76 [1-12] Jimmy Carter Library
creatorOf Linowitz, Sol M., 1913-2005. Reminiscences of Sol Myron Linowitz : oral history, 1983. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
referencedIn James Perkins papers, 1963-1969. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
creatorOf Jewish outreach papers, 1970-1999 (bulk 1978-1998) University of Michigan
referencedIn New York Times Company records. A.M. Rosenthal papers, 1955-1994, 1967-1986 New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
creatorOf Sol M. Linowitz Papers, 1778-1999, (bulk 1946-1995) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn Learned Hand papers Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138
referencedIn John Mason Brown papers, 1922-1967. Houghton Library
referencedIn Law School. External Relations records, 1991-2000. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
creatorOf Barr, Stringfellow, 1897-1982. Papers of Stringfellow Barr, 1927-1968. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Cornell Law School. External Relations. Law School. External Relations records, 1991-2000. Cornell University Library
creatorOf Linowitz, Sol M., 1913-2005. Reminiscences of Sol Myron Linowitz : oral history, 1976. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
referencedIn Arthur E. Sutherland papers Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138
Role Title Holding Repository
Relation Name
associatedWith Alliance for Progress. corporateBody
associatedWith Barr, Stringfellow, 1897-1982. person
correspondedWith Begin, Menachem, 1913-1992 person
associatedWith Belin, David W. person
correspondedWith Bourne, Peter G., 1939- person
correspondedWith Brown, John Mason, 1900-1969 person
associatedWith Bunker, Ellsworth, 1894-1984. person
correspondedWith Carlson, Chester Floyd, 1906-1968 person
associatedWith Carter, Jimmy, 1924- person
associatedWith Clinton, Bill, 1946- person
associatedWith Commission on United States-Latin American Relations. corporateBody
associatedWith Cornell Law School. corporateBody
associatedWith Cornell Law School. corporateBody
associatedWith Cornell Law School. External Relations. corporateBody
associatedWith Corson, Dale R. person
associatedWith Coudert Brothers. corporateBody
associatedWith Council on Foreign Relations. corporateBody
correspondedWith Dessauer, John H. person
correspondedWith Dessauer, John H. person
associatedWith Edwin, Ed, person
correspondedWith Epstein, Joseph, 1937- person
associatedWith Federal City Council (Washington, D.C.) corporateBody
associatedWith Ford, Gerald R., 1913-2006. person
associatedWith Goldstein, Judith, person
associatedWith Goodman, Benny, 1909- person
correspondedWith Grunwald, Henry A. (Henry Anatole) person
correspondedWith Haig, Alexander Meigs, 1924-2010 person
associatedWith Haloid Xerox, Inc. corporateBody
correspondedWith Hamilton, Lee person
correspondedWith Hamilton, Lee person
correspondedWith Hand, Learned, 1872-1961 person
correspondedWith Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio), 1911-1978 person
associatedWith Inter-American Dialogue (Organization) corporateBody
associatedWith International Executive Service Corps. corporateBody
associatedWith James Alfred, Perkins 1911- person
associatedWith Jewish Museum (New York, N.Y). National Jewish Archive of Broadcasting. corporateBody
associatedWith Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973. person
correspondedWith Kennedy, Edward M. (Edward Moore), 1932-2009 person
correspondedWith Kissinger, Henry, 1923- person
correspondedWith Kissinger, Henry, 1923- person
associatedWith Lake, Anthony. person
associatedWith Lake, Anthony. person
associatedWith Latin American Summit Conference, Punta del Este, Uruguay, 1967. corporateBody
correspondedWith Lilienthal, David Eli, 1899-1981 person
associatedWith Marine Midland Bank. corporateBody
correspondedWith McGrory, Mary, 1918-2004. person
associatedWith Muskie, Edmund S., 1914-1996. person
associatedWith Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York. corporateBody
associatedWith National Urban Coalition (U.S.) corporateBody
associatedWith Organization of American States. corporateBody
associatedWith Paul A. Freund person
associatedWith Perkins, James Alfred, 1911-1998. person
correspondedWith Peterson, Peter G. person
correspondedWith Plaza Lasso, Galo, 1906-1986 person
associatedWith Rank Organisation. corporateBody
associatedWith Rockefeller, David, 1915- person
correspondedWith Rockefeller, Nelson A. (Nelson Aldrich), 1908-1979 person
associatedWith Rosenthal, A. M. (Abraham Michael), 1922-2006 person
correspondedWith Rusk, Dean, 1909-1994 person
correspondedWith Shultz, George Pratt, 1920- person
associatedWith Special Committee on Campus Tensions. corporateBody
correspondedWith Strauss, Robert S. person
associatedWith Sutherland and Sutherland. corporateBody
correspondedWith Sutherland, Arthur E., 1902-1973 person
associatedWith United Nations. corporateBody
associatedWith United States. Dept. of State. corporateBody
associatedWith United States. Dept. of State Advisory Committee on International Organizations. corporateBody
associatedWith United States. Office of Price Administration. corporateBody
associatedWith United States. Presidential Commission on World Hunger. corporateBody
associatedWith United States. President's General Advisory Committee on Foreign Assistance Programs. corporateBody
correspondedWith Warren, Earl, 1891-1974 person
correspondedWith Wilson, Joseph C. (Joseph Chamberlain), 1909-1971 person
associatedWith Xerox Corporation. corporateBody
Place Name Admin Code Country
New York (State)--Ithaca
United States
Israel
Palestine
Panama
Washington (D.C.)
Middle East
Panama Canal (Panama)
Africa
Panama Canal (Panama)
Middle East
United States
Canal Zone.
New York (State)--Rochester
Palestine
Europe, Eastern
Africa
Europe, Eastern
Canal Zone
Israel
Middle East
United States
Latin America
Latin America
Panama
Israel.
United States
Subject
Education
Airlines
Antitrust law
Antitrust law
Arab
Cabinet officers
Cabinet officers
Cities and towns
Civil rights
Universities and colleges
Universities and colleges
Universities and colleges
Economic assistance
Food supply
Globalization
Government executives
History, Modern
Hunger
International relations
International trade
Jews
Law
Politicians
Practice of law
Practice of law
Practice of law
Presidents
Presidents
Price regulation
Price regulation
Rent control
Social responsibility of business
Social service
Social service
Sociology, Urban
Urban policy
Urban policy
World politics
World War, 1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945
Xerography
Occupation
Businessmen
Diplomats
Lawyers
Presidential advisors
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Birth 1913-12-07

Death 2005-03-18

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