Background
Leiser, Burton Myron was born on December 12, 1930 in Denver, Colorado, United States. Son of Nathan and Eva Mae (Newman) Leiser.
Leiser, Burton Myron was born on December 12, 1930 in Denver, Colorado, United States. Son of Nathan and Eva Mae (Newman) Leiser.
Bachelor, University Chicago, 1951. MHL, Yeshiva University, 1956. Doctor of Philosophy, Brown University, 1968.
Juris Doctor, Drake University, 1981.
Instructor Fort Lewis College, Durango, Colorado, 1963-1965. Assistant professor State University of New York, Buffalo, 1965-1968, associate professor, 1968-1970, Sir George Williams University, Montreal, Canada, 1969-1972. Professor, chairman Drake University, Des Moines, 1972-1983.
E.J. Mortola professor philosophy, adjunct professor law Pace University, New York City, since 1983, distinguished professor philosophy, 1988—2002, professor emeritus, since 2002. Delaware United Nations for American Professors for Peace in the Middle East, 1988-1991. Chair organization committee 19th World Congress on Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy.
Executive committee International Association Philosophy Law and Social Philosophy, since 1999.
(This 1979 work examines the inherent conflict of the prin...)
(Very educative)
Chairman board trustees Congregation Bet Am Shalom, White Plains, New York, 1990-1992. Chairman regional board Anti-Defamation League, Westchester-Putnam-Rockland Counties, 1995-1997, national commissioner, since 1995. Vice-chairman New York Regional Board, since 1999.
Member American Professors for Peace in the Middle East (national secretary 1983-1989), American Society Value Inquiry (president 1978-1980).
Married Janet A. Johnson, August 12, 1984. Children: Shoshana, Illana, Phillip, stepdaughter Sheri Johnson.