Background
Zimmerman, Edwin Morton was born on June 11, 1924 in New York City. Son of Benjamin and Tobie (Fuchs) Zimmerman.
Zimmerman, Edwin Morton was born on June 11, 1924 in New York City. Son of Benjamin and Tobie (Fuchs) Zimmerman.
Columbia University (Bachelor of Arts, with honors, 1944. Bachelor of Laws, 1949).
Worked at Covington & Burling. Admitted to the bar, 1949, New New York 1969, District of Columbia.
Hoover Commission on Reorganization of the Executive Branch, 1948.
Articles Editor, Columbia Law Review, 1948-1949. Professor of Law, Stanford University, 1959-1969.
Law Clerk to: Judge Simon H. Rifkind, United States District Court, Southern District of New York, 1949-1950. Justice Stanley F. Reed, United States Supreme Court, 1950-1951.
Deputy Assistant Attorney General, 1965-1968 and Assistant Attorney General, 1968-1969, Antitrust Division, United States.
Department of Justice. Author: Various antitrust papers and articles Member: Council of the Administrative Conference of the United States, 1975-1978.
Manufacturing Studies Board, National Academy of Science, 1983-1987.
American Law Institute. Council on Foreign Relations.
Trustee Textile Museum, since 1983, president of the board of trustees, 1987-1996. Member FolgerPoetry Board, since 1990. Member of advisory board Partisan Review, since 1996.
First lieutenant Army of the United States,1944-1946. Member American Bar Association, Association of Bar of City of New York, American Law Institute, Council Foreign Rels., Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Caroline Abbot, July 3, 1956. Children: Sarah Abbot, Lyle Benjamin, Miriam Appleton.