Background
Edelson, Gilbert Seymour was born on September 15, 1928 in New York City. Son of Saul and Sarah (Sunshine) Edelson.
Edelson, Gilbert Seymour was born on September 15, 1928 in New York City. Son of Saul and Sarah (Sunshine) Edelson.
New York University (Bachelor of Science, 1949). Columbia University (Bachelor of Laws, 1955).
Worked at Rosenman & Colin Limited Liability Partnership (New York, New York) specializing in General Practice. Admitted to the bar, 1955, New New York Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar.
Editor, Columbia Law Review, 1954-1955.
Director, Columbia Law School Alumni Association, 1981-1985. Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Member: Committee on Art Law, 1964-1967.
1972-1975. 1985-1988, 1991-1994, 1996.
Committee on Trade Regulation, 1967-1970). New York State and American Bar Associations.
Rosenman & Colin Limited Liability Partnership is a leading full-service law firm. Its practice areas include: communications, corporate, creditors" rights, entertainment, environmental matters, financial services, insurance and reinsurance, intellectual property, international transactions, labor and employment, litigation, matrimonial and family, pensions and Employee Retirement Income Security Act, real estate, securities and commodities, tax, trusts and estates, white collar crime, and zoning
Board directors College Art Association American, New York City, 1969-1988, High Five Tickets for the Arts, New York City, 1999-2001. Secretary, trustee American Federation Arts, New York City, 1984-1994. Trustee International Foundation for Art Research, 1986-1999, New York Studio School, 1989—2009, Archives American Art, New York City, 1989—2010.
With United States Army, 1950-1952, JLC. Member American Bar Association, New York Bar Association, Association Bar of New York City (chairman committee on art law 1992-1995), Columbia University Law School Alumni Association (board directors 1981-1984), Century Association.
Married Jane Barbara Levin, September 6, 1953. Children: Martha Jane, Paula Topal, Dorothy Rachel.