William T. Gossett papers, 1925-1987.

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William T. Gossett papers, 1925-1987.

Speeches, articles and public statements; material relating to his activities with the American Bar Association, the National Legal Aid and Defender Association, and other legal groups concerning his interest in such topics as business ethics, campus government and student dissent in the 1960s, electoral college reform, and legal education; and material detailing his involvement in public service organizations concerned largely with civil rights and education; also papers of Elizabeth Gossett relating to her public activities; and photographs.

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National Legal Aid and Defender Association

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Gossett, William T.

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Lawyer with the Bendix Corporation and the Ford Motor Company, and member of numerous legal and public service organizations. From the description of William T. Gossett papers, 1925-1987. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 80363085 Attorney. From the description of Speech, 1952. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70949161 William T. Gossett was a nationally known lawyer whose legal, business, and philanthropic efforts spanned more tha...

Gossett, Elizabeth.

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Ford motor company

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When Ford Motor Company was founded in 1903, Alexander Y. Malcolmson was elected the Company's first treasurer, but his assistant James Couzens actually managed financial functions. People holding the position of Ford Motor Company treasurer from 1903 to 1955 included Alexander Y. Malcolmson, 1903-1906; James J. Couzens, 1906-1915; Frank L. Klingensmith, 1915-1921; Edsel B Ford, 1921-1943; B. J. Craig, 1943-1946; and L. E. Briggs, 1946-1955. In 1903, the business office was in a small building o...

Bendix Corporation

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Founded in 1924 by Vincent Bendix to manufacture brake systems, by the mid-1950s the Bendix Corporation had branched out into many other areas, one of these being scientific instrumentation. Their flagship product in this area was the Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometer and when newer developments resulted in instruments like the quadrupole mass spectrometer, Bendix saw its market share begin to erode. At first Bendix shifted its TOF MS business to a subsidiary, the Consolidated Vacuum Corporation ...

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BIOGHIST REQUIRED In 1971 the American Bar Association formed a committee to prepare a study "...on the respective powers under the Constitution of the President and of the Congress to enter into and conduct war." The committee was chaired by Lyman M. Tondel, Jr. and the project was funded by the Association's Fund for Public Education which in turn contracted with Columbia University to carry out the study. The staff included Abraham D. Sofaer, Project Director and Adjunct Professor of Law at C...