Harry Gordon English

Background

English, Harry Gordon was born on June 10, 1921 in New York City, Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting (New York State Regents scholar), St. John's U., Brooklyn, 1946.

Education

Bachelor of Business Administration in acctg (New York State Regents scholar), St. John's University, Brooklyn, 1946. Master of Business Administration, New York University, 1949. Bachelor of Laws, New York Law School, 1951.

Doctor of Juridical Science, New York Law School, 1965. Juris Doctor, New York Law School, 1969. Post graduate scholar, Wellesley College Summer Institute Social Progress, 1952.

Certified Financial Planner, Adelphi University, 1988.

Career

Junior underwriter Royal Insurance Company, New York City, 1940—1941. Staff accountant National Biscuit Company, 1941—1942. Accountant Alex Grant & Company Certified Public Accountant's, 1942—1946.

Director internal audit division Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere, 1946—1953. Assistant vice president, comptroller Half-Life Green Company, Inc., 1953—1954. Comptroller, assistant vice president Weisglass Milk Corporation, Staten Island, New York, 1954—1955.

Partner Restaine & English, Brooklyn, 1955—1956, English, English & Hanson, public accountants, tax consultant, Brooklyn, from 1956. Sole practitioner, from 1959. President Bliss Realty Company, from 1951.

Accountant taxation and business law teacher Brown's Business College, 1951—1953, chairman accounting department, 1953—1955. Instructor accounting Staten Island Community College, 1955—1957. Assistant professor business finance Connelly College Long Island University, 1964—1965, adjunct associate professor, 1969—1975, adjunct assistant professor School Business, 1965—1968, adjunct associate professor, 1969—1975, member faculty Weekend College, 1975—1976, adjunct professor law and taxation Graduate School Business, 1978—1984, professor law graduate division School Professional Accountancy, from 1984.

Adjunct professor Touro College and Law School, 1984—1986. Lecturer Long Island University, member advisory committee paralegal studies program, from 1978. Master, referee civil court City of New York.

President Council of Provincial Bar Associations, 1980—1982.

Achievements

• License life insurance agent. Bar: New York, United States District Court New York, United States Tax Court, United States Court Customs and Patent Appeals, Supreme Court of the United States Court, United States Court Claims, United States Court Military Appeals. Licensed real estate broker, registered teacher, licensed life insurance broker, registered investment advisor Securities and Exchange Commission, CIF, CTP.

Membership

Chairman board of overseers, College of Bay Ridge Long Island University, coordinator, Bay Ridge extension, from 1980. Member Bay Ridge Forum, Bay Ridge Bicentennial Commission, 1974—1977. Active Bay Ridge History Society.

Board directors American Red Cross. Board managers Young Men’s Christian Association, from 1976. Secretary Bay Ridge Development Corporation, from 1979.

President 3d Avenue Merchants Association, 1971—1975. Treasurer Bay Ridge Community Council, 1970. Mayor 3d Avenue South Community Mayors State New York.

Member advisory board Salvation Army, Lutheran Medical Center. Member finance advisory com Guild for Exceptional Children, 1960. Board directors Brooklyn Businessman's Coordinating Council.

Member Bay Ridge Estate Board, from 1950. Board directors Ragamuffin, Inc., F.O.R.C.E., 1965—1970, Society Old Brooklynites. President Bay Ridge Day Nursery, 1980.

Member of American Bar Association (committee on taxation, committee on real property, probate and trust law), International College Real Estate Professionals, American Association Urban and Real Estate Development, American Association University Professors, American Trial Lawyers, National Association Tax Consultant, Real Estate Association, New York State Association Plaintive Trial Attorneys, American Finance Association, National Society Public Accountants, Institute Internal Auditors, Bay Ridge Real Estate Board, National Real Estate Board, New York State Trial Lawyers Association (committee on estates), Bay Ridge Lawyers Association (president 1965-1966, member committee on estates and trusts, appointed member federal judiciary committee for American Inns of Court, chairman estate law and proceedings, cmn. committee on "Anatomy of an Estate"), New York State Bar Association (committee on trusts and estates), Danish Athletic Club (counsel since 1975), Bay Ridge Lions Club (president 1980), Men's Club of Bay Ridge 1968-1969, Forest Knolls Boat Club (commodore), Masons.