Background
Costikyan, Edward N. was born on September 14, 1924 in Weehawken, New Jersey, United States. Son of Mihran Nazar and Berthe (Muller) Costikyan.
(For almost 200 years, political parties have managed the ...)
For almost 200 years, political parties have managed the American political system. They have played a major role in selecting and electing candidates, mobilizing voters, financing political campaigns, identifying political issues, supplying government employees, providing government services, and enlisting citizens' support for candidates and public positions that secure the approval of the citizenry. This is no longer true. Primary elections choose candidates, pollsters supply the impetus for electing them, civil services supply government employees, business interests and citizen groups with special interests supply money, and the political parties have become fundraising tools for political campaigns. It is not clear what, if anything, has replaced the political parties: money? pollsters? reporters? political commentators? Who will manage our governmental processes? Edward Costikyan explores what happened to the 150- to 200-year-old political system, what this has done to our governmental systems, where we are headed, and what might be done to provide a new management system of our political and governmental institutions.
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Costikyan, Edward N. was born on September 14, 1924 in Weehawken, New Jersey, United States. Son of Mihran Nazar and Berthe (Muller) Costikyan.
AB, Columbia University, 1947. Bachelor of Laws, Columbia University, 1949.
Worked at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison (New York, New York) specializing in General Litigation. Admitted to the bar, 1949, New New York 1950, United States. District Court, Southern District of New York and United States.
Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.
1963, United States. Supreme Court. 1970, District of Columbia.
Research Editor, Columbia Law Review, 1949. Law Clerk to Judge Harold R. Medina, 1949-1951.
County Leader, Democratic County Committee of New York County, 1962-1964.
Director, 42nd Street Development Corporation, 1977. Trustee, Columbia University, 1981-1993. Trustee, Emeritus, 1993.
First Recipient of William J. Brennan, Junior Special Advisor to New York City Mayor Giuliani on Education Decentralization and Borough Governance, 1994-1996.
Chairman, Mayor"s Investigatory Commission on School Safety, 1995. Chairman, Columbia University Alumni Advisory Board, 1988.
Chairman, Board of Directors, New York Foundation for Senior Citizens, 1993. New York State Study Commission Task Force on Jurisdiction and Structure of New York City Government, 1971-1972.
Vice Chairman, Temporary State Charter Revision Commission, New York City, 1972-1976.
Member, New York State Joint Committee on Judicial Administration, 1985. Member, Joint Commission on Integrity in Government, 1986. Author, "Behind Closed Doors," 1966.
"How to Win Votes," 1980.
Company-author, "Restructuring the Government of New York City," 1972. "New Strategies for Regional Cooperation," 1973.
Member, Board of Editors, New York Law Journal, 1976. Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Member, Executive Committee, 1984-1986.
Chairman, Committee on Judiciary, 1980-1983).
Manhattan Institute for Policy Research (Adjunct Fellow). Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers.
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Chairman New York State Task Force on New York City Juristiction and Structure, 1971-1972. Vice chairman State Charter Revision for New York City, 1972-1977. County leader New York County Democratic Committee, 1962-1964.
Democratic presidential elector, 1964,88. Trustee, member Executive Committee, chairman alumni advisory board Columbia University, 1981-1993, trustee emeritus, since 1993. Board directors, member county Municipal Art Society, 1993-1998.
Chairman, Board Of Directors New York Foundation for Senior Citizens, since 1993. First lieutenant infantry United States Army, 1943-1946. Fellow American College Trial Lawyers.
Member Association of Bar of City of New York (member Executive Committee 1986-1990), Century Club.
Married Frances Holmgren, 1950 (divorced 1975). Chldren: Gregory, Emilie. Married Barbara Heine, March 6, 1977.