George Jonathon Alexander

Background

Alexander, George Jonathon was born on March 8, 1931 in Berlin, Germany. Son of Walter and Sylvia (Grill) Alexander.

Education

AB with major honors, University of Pennsylvania, 1953;Juris Doctor cum laude, University of Pennsylvania, 1969;Master of Laws, Yale University, 1965;Doctor of Juridical Science, Yale University, 1969.

Career

Instructor law, Bigelow fellow, University of Chicago, 1959-1960;instructor international relations, Naval Reserve Officers School, Forrest Park, Illinois, 1959-1960;professor of law, Syracuse University College Law, 1960-1970;associate dean, Syracuse University College Law, 1968-1969;professor of law, University Santa Clara (California) Law School, since 1970;distinguished university professor, U. Santa Clara (California) Law School, 1994-1995;Elizabeth H. and John A. Sutro professor of law, University Santa Clara (California) Law School, since 1995;president faculty senate, U. Santa Clara (California) Law School, 1996-1997;dean, U. Santa Clara (California) Law School, 1970-1985;director Institute International and Comparative Law, U. Santa Clara (California) Law School, since 1986;director graduate programs, U. Santa Clara (California) Law School, since 1997. Director summer programs at Oxford, Geneva, Strasbourg, Budapest, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Beijing, Ho Chi Minh City, Singapore, Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur, Seoul, Munich. Visiting professor law University of Southern California, 1963.

Visiting scholar Sanford (California) U. Law School, 1985-1986, 92. Consultant in field.

Achievements

• Achievements include having the university law clinic renamed the Katharine and George Alexander Law Center in 2004.

Works

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  • Writing A Living Will: Using a Durable Power-Of-Attorney

    ( What is a living will? Why would anyone need one? What ...)

  • Aged and the Need for Surrogate Management

    ("the evolution of treatment of the aged by the state inso...)

  • Honesty and Competition
  • Honesty and Competition; False-Advertising Law and Policy Under FTC Administration (SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR)
  • Commercial Torts
  • Commercial torts,
  • [(Writing a Living Will: Using a Durable Power of Attorney )] [Author: George J. Alexander] [Jan-1988]

• Other Work

  • Author: Civil Rights, United States of America, Public Schools, 1963, Honesty and Competition, 1967, Jury Instructing on Medical Issues, 1966, Cases and Materials on Space Law, 1971, The Aged and the Need for Surrogate Management, 1972, Commercial Torts, 1973, second edition 1988, United States Antitrust Laws, 1980, Writing A Living Will: Using a Durable Power of Attorney, 1988, (with Scheflin) Law and Mental Disabilities, 1998. Author, editor: International Perspectives on Aging, 1992. Also articles, chapters in books, one film.

Membership

Director Domestic and International Business Problems Honors Clinic, Syracuse University, 1966-1969, Regulations in Space Project, 1968-1970. Educational consultant Comptroller General United States, 1977-2002. Member National Senior Citizens Law Center, 1983-1990, president, 1986-1990.

With United States Navy, 1953-1956. Member International Academy Law Mental Health (member science committee 1997-1999), California Bar Association (first chairman committee legal problems of aging), Association American Law Schools, Society of America Law Teachers (director 1979-2004, president 1979-1980, Visionary Activist for Equality, Access and Diversity Throughout Law and Society award 2000), American Association of University Professors (chapter president 1962), New York Civil Liberties Union (chapter president 1965, director, vice president 1966-1970), American Academy Political and Social Science, Order of Coif (chapter president 2004-2008), Justinian Honor Society, Phi Alpha Delta (chapter faculty adviser 1967-1970).

Connections

Married Katharine Violet Sziklai, September 6, 1958. Children: Susan Katina, George Jonathon World War II.

Father:

Walter Alexander

Mother:

Sylvia (Grill) Alexander

Spouse:

Katharine Violet Sziklai

child:

Susan Katina Alexander

child:

George Jonathon World War II Alexander