Fred Norman Fishman

Background

Fishman, Fred Norman was born on August 21, 1925 in New York City. Son of Arthur Elihu and Frederica (Greenspan) Fishman.

Education

Bachelor of Science summa cum laude, Harvard University, 1946; Bachelor of Laws magna cum laude, Harvard University, 1948; postgraduate, Yale University, 1945-1946.

Career

Law clerk to, Chief Judge Calvert Magruder, United States Court Appeals, 1st Circuit, Boston, 1948-1949; to, Associate Justice Felix Frankfurter, Supreme Court United States, 1949-1950; associate firm, Dewey, Ballantine, Bushby, Palmer & Wood (and predecessors), New York City, 1950-1957; with, Freeport Minerals Company. New York City, 1957-1961; assistant secretary, Freeport Minerals Company, 1958-1959; assistant vice president, Freeport Minerals Company, 1959-1961; partner firm, Kaye, Scholer, Fierman, Hays & Handler, New York City, 1962-1992; member Executive Committee, Kaye, Scholer, Fierman, Hays & Handler, New York City, 1970-1987; chairman of the executive committee, Kaye, Scholer, Fierman, Hays & Handler, New York City, 1981-1983; special counsel, Kaye, Scholer, Fierman, Hays & Handler, New York City, 1993-1995.

Achievements

• Fred Norman Fishman has been listed as a reputable Lawyer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Chairman Harvard Law School Fund, 1977—1979, Harvard Law School Class of 1948 Sixtieth Reunion. Member board overseers' committee to visit Harvard Law School, 1975—1981, 1988—1994, member dean's advisory board, since 2001. Chairman committee Harvard Law School Class of 1948 Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Gift, Forty-Fifth Anniversary Gift.

Co-chairman committee Sixtieth Anniversary Gift. Member board overseers' committee to visit Graduate School Education, Harvard University, 1971—1977, board overseers' Committee on University Resources, since 1991, permanent class committee Harvard College Class of 1946. Member board overseers' committee to visit Medical School and School of Dental Medicine Harvard University, 1997—2003.

Trustee Public Education Association, New York City, 1956—1973, chairman board, 1970—1971. Director Harvard Alumni Association, 1981—1983. Trustee Hospital for Joint Diseases and Medical Center, 1971—1973, Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights under Law, 1979—2004, board directors, 1983—2004, co-chairman, 1983—1985, honorary lifetime trustee, since 2005.

Member steering committee Campaign for Harvard Law School, 1991—1995. Member leadership council Harvard School Public Health, since 2003. Fellow: American Bar Foundation.

Member: American Bar Association, Harvard Law School Association (council 1978-1982, executive committee 1980-1982, 1st vice president 1984-1986, president 1986-1988, executive committee 1988-1990), Legal Aid Society (board directors 1991-1994), American Law Institute (adviser corporation governance project 1980-1992), Association Bar City New York (chairman committee federal legislation 1963-1966, executive committee 1966-1970, chairman committee corporation law 1980-1982, treasurer 1993-1994), New York City Harvard Law School Association (trustee 1966-1969, president 1988-1989, vice president 1974-1975), Harvard Club New York City, Phi Beta Kappa.

Connections

Married Claire S. Powsner, September 19, 1948 (deceased December 17, 2006). Children: Robert J., Nancy K.

Father:

Arthur Elihu Fishman

Mother:

Frederica (Greenspan) Fishman

Spouse:

Claire S. Powsner

child:

Nancy K. Fishman

child:

Robert J. Fishman