Background
Cramer, Harold was born on June 16, 1927 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Aaron Herny and Blanche (Greenberg) Cramer.
Cramer, Harold was born on June 16, 1927 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Aaron Herny and Blanche (Greenberg) Cramer.
Temple University (Bachelor of Arts, 1948). University of Pennsylvania (Bachelor of Laws, cum laude, 1951).
Worked at Mesirov Gelman Jaffe Cramer & Jamieson (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) specializing in Health Care Law, Business Planning Law, Acquisitions Law, Major Civil Litigation. Admitted to the bar, 1951, Pennsylvania. Order of the Coif. Editor, University of Pennsylvania Law Review, 1950-1951.
Company-Author: "The Art of Trial Advocacy," Foundation Press, 1968.
Lecturer, Pennsylvania Bar Institute, 1974. Chairman, Board of Governors, 1969 and Chancellor, Philadelphia Bar Association, 1972.
Member, Board of Governors, 1975-1978 and Member, House of Delegates, 1978, Pennsylvania Bar Association. President, Theodore F. Jenkins Memorial Law Library Company, 1974.
Chairman, Advisory Committee on the Office of the Elected Attorney General of the Joint State Government Commission of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 1978.
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, Graduate Health System, 1989. Member: American College of Real Estate Lawyers. American College of Matrimonial Lawyers.
Chairman board Eastern Pennsylvania Psychiatric Hospital, 1974-1981, Graduate Hospital, 1975-1991. Trustee Federation Jewish Agencies, Jewish Publication Society, president, 1996-1998, chairman, 1998-2001. 1st lieutenant United States Army, 1951-1953.
Fellow American Bar Foundation, Philadelphia College Physicians. Member American Bar Association, American Law Institute, Pennsylvania Bar Association (house of deals 1966-1975, 1978-2006, board governors 1975-1978), Philadelphia Bar Foundation (president 1988, trustee, president elect), Philadelphia Bar Association (board governors 1967-1969, chairman 1969, vice chancellor 1970, chancellor 1972, editor The Shingle 1970-1972, elected president Theodore Jenkins Law library, 1974-2007, Emerdst, 2007, medal for extraordinary service to the bar 2003), University Pennsylvania Law Alumni Society (board managers 1959-1964, president 1968-1970), Order of Coif (past chapter president, national executive committee 1973-1976), Tau Epsilon Rho (chancellor Philadelphia graduate chapter 1960-1962), Philmont Country Club, Pyramid Club, Greate Bay Golf Club.
Married Geraldine Hassuk Cramer, July 14, 1957. 1 child Patricia Gail.