Max Lowenthal, B.A. (1909) University of Minnesota, J.D. (1912) Harvard Law School; attorney and lifelong public servant. A close associate of Felix Frankfurter, Harry Truman and Louis Brandeis, he served on the National Committee on Law Observance and Enforcement (the Wickersham Commission), the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, and the Interstate Commerce Commission. Lowenthal was an advisor and personal friend of President Harry S. Truman, and was influential in President Truman's recognition of the State of Israel. His publications include "The Investor Pays" (1933), and "The Federal Bureau of Investigation" (1950), an expose of the Bureau and its operations, detailing a history of political spying, red-baiting and harassment of foreigners and radicals.
From the description of Max Lowenthal papers, 1855-1970. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 320188419
