Background
Hahn, Gilbert was born on September 12, 1921 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Gilbert and Hortense (King) Hahn.
(Notebook of a Native Washingtonian is Gilbert Hahn's foll...)
Notebook of a Native Washingtonian is Gilbert Hahn's follow-up to The Notebook of an Amateur Politician (and How He Began the D.C. Subway) (Lexington Books, 2002). A Washington lawyer for over fifty years, Hahn has had a lifetime interest in the welfare of the District of Columbia and his fellow Washingtonians. This book chronicles Hahn's social and political life as a native Washingtonian.
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("In my account of the 1965 election campaign of John Lind...)
"In my account of the 1965 election campaign of John Lindsay for Mayor of New York, I relate how Robert Sweet, later a judge but then a lawyer and Lindsay's campaign manager, sent me to the Lindsay headquarters at 125th Street in Harlem on the day of the election. When he finished briefing me, Bob pressed a thick wad of $20 bills into my hand, and told me it was 'election day money.' When I got back to headquarters at the end of the day, I dutifully returned the entire wad. Only later did I learn that I was supposed to have spent what needed to be spent and pocketed the rest. Hence my title, The Notebook of an Amateur Politician." Gilbert Hahn Jr. The Notebook of an Amateur Politician is the lively portrayal of a true Washingtonian, Gilbert Hahn Jr, and his life spent at the turbulent heart of Washington, D.C. politics. The chapters describe Hahn's battles as Chairman of the D.C. City Council to build the D.C. subway system and keep down D.C. real estate taxes, and his work to first resurrect the fortunes, and later to expose the financial scandal, of D.C. General Hospital. Humorous tales of working with former D.C. Mayor Walter Washington, run-ins with "Mayor-for-Life" Marion Barry, and campaigning―as a staunch Republican―for Democratic Mayor Anthony Williams are interwoven with rich, poignant snapshots of Jewish life in Washington, stories of military service in Patton's Third Army, and reminiscences about post-war life as an attorney and Maryland racehorse owner.
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Hahn, Gilbert was born on September 12, 1921 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Gilbert and Hortense (King) Hahn.
Graduate, Phillips Exeter Academy, 1939; Bachelor of Arts with high honors, Princeton University, 1943; Bachelor of Laws, Yale University, 1948.
Partner firm, Amram & Hahn, Washington, since 1954.
("In my account of the 1965 election campaign of John Lind...)
(Notebook of a Native Washingtonian is Gilbert Hahn's foll...)
Alternate delegate Republican National Convention, 1952. President Washington Young Republican Club, 1949. Member Republican national finance committee, 1964-1968.
Chairman District of Columbia Republican Committee,1968-1969, District of Columbia City Council, 1969-1972. President board directors Washington Hospital Center, 1966-1969, Washington Hospital Center Research Foundation, 1964-1966. Chairman District of Columbia General Hospital Commission, 1977-1983.
Board directors United States Shoe Corporation, 1970-1995. Co-chairman Mayor Williams Transition Committee, 1998-1999. First lieutenant Army of the United States,1942-1946, European Theatre of Operations.
Member District of Columbia Bar Association, Maryland. Bar Association, Supreme Court of the United States Court Bar Association, American Law Institute (life), Cannon Club, Corby Court Club, Metropolitan Club.
Married Margot Hess, June 29, 1950. Children: Gilbert III, Amanda B., Polly K.
