Background
Heineman, Junior, Benjamin W. was born in 1944.
Heineman, Junior, Benjamin W. was born in 1944.
Harvard University (Bachelor of Arts, 1965). Balliol College, Oxford University, Oxford, England (Bachelor of Letters, 1967, Rhodes Scholar). Yale University (Juris Doctor, 1971).
Admitted to the bar, 1973, District of Columbia. 1976, United States. Supreme Court (Not admitted Connecticut). Editor-in-Chief, Yale Law Journal, 1970-1971.
Author: "The Politics of the Powerless.
A Study of the Campaign Against Racial Discrimination," (Oxford University Press, 1972). "Memorandum for the President: A Strategic Approach to Domestic Affairs in the 1980"s," (Random House 1980).
"Work and Welfare: The Case for New Directions in National Policy," (Center. for National Policy, 1987). Law Clerk to Justice Potter Stewart, 1971-1972.
Staff Attorney, Center for Law and Social Policy, 1973-1974.
Attorney, Williams, Connolly & Califano, 1975-1976. Executive Assistant to the Secretary, Department of Health, Education and Welfare, 1977-1978. Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, Department of Health, Education and Welfare, 1978-1979.
Partner, Califano, Ross & Heineman, 1980-1982.
Partner, Sidley & Austin, 1983-1987. (Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary).