Background
Edelman, Alvin was born on December 12, 1916 in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
Edelman, Alvin was born on December 12, 1916 in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
Northwestern University (Bachelor of Science in Law, 1938. Juris Doctor, 1940). Phi Beta Kappa. Phi Eta Sigma; Tau Epsilon Rho.
Member, Editorial Board, Illinois Law Review, 1939-1940.
Practiced in Chicago, from 1940. President Edelman & Edelman, Chartered and predecessors, from 1973. General counsel International College Surgeons.
Lecturer International Museum Surgical Science and Hall of Fame. Chairman wills and gifts committee Medinah Temple of Masonic Shrine, Chicago, 1975-1979. President Lawyers Shrine Club of Medinah Temple, 1971-1973.
"Peremptory Instruction as a Waiver of Jury Trial,” Illinois Law Review, Volume 33. "Need for Oil Conservation Law in Illinois," Illinois Law Review, Volume 34. "Deductibility of Travel Expense for Post-Graduate Educational Purposes," Journal of the International College of Surgeons, Volume 37."The Surgeon’s Continuing Education-and Deductibility of Related Travel Expense under The United States. Income Tax Code," Volume 52, The Journal of International Surgery, September, 1969. "Estate Planning, Prophylactic Measures and Professional Corporations, A View from the Top of Mount Washington," Journal of the International College of Surgeons, Volume 55,1971.President, Phi Beta Kappa Association of the Chicago Area, 1975-1984. National Vice-President, Phi Beta Kappa Associates, since 1986. Chairman, Phi Beta Kappa Associates Awards Committee, 19g7_.Member, Board of Director, 1985— and Chairman, Wills and Gifts Committee, 1978-1979, Medinah Temple. Senior Attorney, American Hospital Association, since 1969.
Chicago (Member: Probate Practice Committee, since 1961. Grievance Committee, 1964-1972. Chairman, 19711972; Member, 1954-1961.
Chairman, 1961, Committee on Inquiry. Member, Judiciary Committee, since 1973. Hospital and Health Law Committee, since 1985.
Trade and Professional Association Law Committee, since 1985), Illinois State and American Bar Associations. The Association of Trial Lawyers of America. American Judicature Society.
Fellow, American College of Trust and Estate Counsel.
Married Rose Marie Slossy, September 22, 1940. Children: Marilyn Frances Edelman Snyder, Stephen D., Leon F.