Background
Black, Barbara Aronstein was born on May 6, 1933 in Brooklyn. Daughter of Robert and Minnie (Polenberg) A.
Black, Barbara Aronstein was born on May 6, 1933 in Brooklyn. Daughter of Robert and Minnie (Polenberg) A.
Bachelor, Brooklyn College, 1953. Bachelor of Laws, Columbia University, 1955. Master of Philosophy, Yale University, 1970.
Doctor of Philosophy, Yale University, 1975. Doctor of Laws (honorary), New York Law School, 1986. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Marymount Manhattan College, 1986.
Doctor of Laws (honorary), Vermont Law School, 1987. Doctor of Laws (honorary), College of New Rochelle, 1987. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Smith College, 1988.
Doctor of Laws (honorary), Brooklyn College, 1988. Doctor of Laws (honorary), York University, Toronto, Canada, 1990. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Georgetown University, 1991.
Association in law, Columbia University Law School, New York City, 1955-1956; lecturer history, Yale University, New Haven, 1974-1976; assistant professor of history, Yale University, New Haven, 1976-1979; associate professor of law, Yale University, New Haven, 1979-1984; George Welwood Murray professor legal history, Columbia University Law School, New York City, since 1984; dean faculty of law, Columbia University Law School, New York City, 1986-1991.
Active New York State Ethics Commission, 1992-1995. Member Century Association, 1989-2010. Member American Society Legal History (president 1986-1990), American Academy Arts and Sciences, American Philosophical Society, Massachusetts History Society, Supreme Court History Society, Selden Society.
Married Charles L. Black, Junior, April 11, 1954. Children— Gavin B., David A., Robin E.