Background
Davidson, Daniel Ira was born on September 19, 1936 in Brooklyn. Son of Mitchell and Minnie (Needleman) Davidson.
Davidson, Daniel Ira was born on September 19, 1936 in Brooklyn. Son of Mitchell and Minnie (Needleman) Davidson.
AB, Columbia College, 1957; Juris Doctor, Columbia University, 1959.
Editor, Columbia Law Review, 1958-1959;
law clerk to Judge Harold R. Medina, United States Court Appeals 2d Circuit, 1960;
associate, Cravath, Swaine & Moore, New York City, 1961-1965;
special assistant to assistant secretary state, East Asia and Pacific Affairs, Washington, 1965-1967;
special assistant to ambassador, unites states department State, Washington, 1967-1968;
United States delegate to Paris Peace Talks on Vietnam, Paris, 1968-1969;
member of staff, National Security Council, Washington, 1969;
associate, Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering, Washington, 1969-1970;
executive assistant to W. Averell Harriman, Washington, 1971-1972;
associate, Prather, Levenberg, Seeger, Doolittle, Farmer & Ewing, Washington, 1972-1973;
associate, Spiegel & McDiarmid, Washington, 1973-1974;
partner, Spiegel & McDiarmid, Washington, since 1974. Member Committee on International Affairs Democratic Policy Council, Washington, 1971-1972. Consultant unites states department State, Washington, 1978-1979, public member foreign service selection board, 1995.
Member Council on Foreign Rels. Lecturer in political science CUNY, 1960.
First lieutenant United States Army Reserve, 1960-1966. Member Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Susan Bettina Thomas, March 13, 1966. 1 child, Jill.