Albert E. Arent

Background

Albert E. Arent was born on August 25, 1911, in Rochester, New York, United States.

Education

Albert Aren't was a Cornell University graduate. In 1932 he got a Bachelor of Arts degree. In 1935 he got a Bachelor of Laws degree.

Career

In 1935, Albert Arent moved to Washington and became a tax lawyer with the Internal Revenue Service. In 1939, he joined the newly formed Civil Rights Section of the Justice Department, launching an effort to expand federal jurisdiction over civil rights cases.

In the 1940s, was a special assistant of attorneys general Robert H. Jackson and Francis Biddle, and served as a chief trial attorney in the Alien Property Unit of the Justice Department.

In 1944, together with Henry J. Fox founded Arent Fox law firm. From 1951 to 1973, Albert Arent taught tax law at Georgetown University.

Membership

Since the 1930s, Arent had a leading role in local and national Jewish organizations. He was chairman of the Jewish Community Council of Greater Washington, the National Jewish Community Relations Advisory Council and Commission on Social Action of Reform Judaism.

He was a founding member and lifelong trustee of the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law and a founding member of the governing boards of Common Cause and the National Urban Coalition for Unity and Peace.

Was also a member of the Cornell University board of trustees and chairman of the Cornell Law School Advisory Council.

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  Chairman

  Jewish Community Council of Greater Washington , United States

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  National Jewish Community Relations Advisory Council , United States

• Chairman

  Commission on Social Action of Reform Judaism , United States

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  Phi Beta Kappa , United States

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  the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law , United States

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  Founding member of the governing board

  National Urban Coalition for Unity and Peace , United States

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  Cornell University board of trustees , United States

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  Chairman

  Cornell Law School Advisory Council , United States

Connections

Albert Arent was married to Frances F. Arent and had 2 children: son Stephen W. Arent and daughter Margery Arent Safir.

Spouse:

Frances F. Arent

d.1996

Son:

Stephen W. Arent

Daughter:

Margery Arent Safir