Background
Halpern, Charles Robert was born on November 16, 1939 in Buffalo. Son of Philip and Goldene (Friedman) Halpern.
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Halpern, Charles Robert was born on November 16, 1939 in Buffalo. Son of Philip and Goldene (Friedman) Halpern.
Bachelor of Arts cum laude, Harvard University, Cambridge, 1961; Juris Doctor, Yale University, New Haven, 1964.
Law clerk to judge, United States Court Appeals, Washington, 1964-1965;
associate, Arnold & Porter, Washington, 1965-1969;
co-founder, Center for Law and Social Policy, Washington, 1969;
director, Center for Law and Social Policy, Washington, 1969-1972;
attorney, Center for Law and Social Policy, Washington, 1972-1975;
trustee, Center for Law and Social Policy, Washington, 1969-1989;
co-founder, Mental Health Law Project, Washington, 1972;
attorney, Mental Health Law Project, Washington, 1972-1975;
trustee, Mental Health Law Project, Washington, 1972-1989;
executive director, Council for Public Interest Law, Washington, 1975-1977;
visiting professor law, Stanford Law School, California, 1977-1978;
associate professor of law, director Institute for Public Representation, Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, 1978-1982;
founding dean, CUNY Law School at Queens College, 1982-1987;
professor of law, CUNY Law School at Queens College, 1988-1989;
lecturer, senior fellow law, Yale University, 1987, 89;
president, chief Executive officer, trustee, Nathan Cummings Foundation, New York City, since 1989;
chairman, Center Advancement of Health, Washington. Member, board directors, secretary Public Law Ednl. Institute, 1968-1969.
Member Academy for Contemporary Problems, Columbus, 1973-1975. Board directors National Resource Ctr.for Consumers Legal Services, 1976-1980. Member Administrative Conference of the United States, 1978-1982.
Trustee Environmental Law Institute, 1978-1980. Member Mayor's JudicialAdv. Panel, New York City, 1983-1984.
Trustee New York Interest on Lawyer AccountFund, 1984-1987. Member of faculty Seminar in American Studies, Salzburg, Austria, summer 1975, 8th Seminar on Recent Devels. in American Law, Naples, Italy, summer 1974. Consultant President's Committee on Mental Retardation, 1973, 74.
Member Society of America Law Teachers (founding member, board governors 1974-1978, 83-89), Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences, American Bar Association (member commission on mentally disabled 1973-1980), Order of Coif.
Married Susan Palter, December 30, 1960. Children; Ruth Nancy, Philip Lewis, Robert Edward.