Background
Brickfield, Cyril Francis was born on January 30, 1919 in Brooklyn.
Brickfield, Cyril Francis was born on January 30, 1919 in Brooklyn.
Bachelor of Laws, Fordham University, 1948. Master of Laws, George Washington University, 1953. Doctor of Juridical Science, George Washington University, 1957.
Master of Science, George Washington University, 1965.
Law clerk to chief judge, New York Court Appeals, 1949-1951;
counsel judiciary committee, United States House of Representatives, 1951-1961;
general counsel, VA, 1961-1963;
chief benefits director, VA, 1963-1965;
deputy administrator, VA, 1965-1967;
executive director, American Association Retired Persons,, 1967-1969, 77-87;
trustee, American Association Retired Persons Investment Trusts
honorary president, special counsel, American Association Retired Persons, 1987-1997;
chairman, American Association Retired Persons Federal Credit Union, 1987-1990;
trustee, American Association Retired Persons Federal Credit Union, 1987-1990;
president, Federal Bar Building Corporation, 1991-1997;
private practice law, 1969-1975;
partner, Miller, Singer, Michaelson, Brickfield & Raives, 1975-1977. Delegate United States International Treaty Convs. on Patents, Trademarks, Copywrights, 1958-1961. President National Senior Citizens Law Center, 1977-1979.
Member of advisory council White House Conference on Aging, 1981. President Corporation for Older Americans, 1981-1997. Chairman Leadership Conference of Aging Orgns., 1980, 83, 86.
United States delegate United Nations World Assembly on Aging, 1982. Board councillors University of Southern California, 1983-1997.
Trustee Suburban Hospital, Bethesda, Maryland, 1968-1979, 87-93. Major, pilot United States Army Air Force, European Theatre of Operations. Member American Bar Association, American Association Retired Persons (honorary president 1987-1997), Federal Bar Association (president 1968, chairman general counsels committee, judicial selection committee, president District of Columbia chapter.
Delegate American Bar Association), Brooklyn Bar Association, Federal Bar Building Corporation (president 1991-1997), Bethesda Country Club (president 1967, 69), Knights of Columbus, Delta Theta Phi.
Married Ann Jacobsen, August 4, 1951. Children: Ann, Edmund Cyril.