HASKELL COHN

Background

Cohn, Haskell was born on December 4, 1901 in Concord, New Hampshire, United States. Son of Abraham I. and Miriam (Caro) Cohn.

Education

Dartmouth College (Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, 1922). Harvard Law School (Bachelor of Laws, 1925). Phi Beta Kappa.

Career

Practiced in, Boston. Senior partner firm Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky & Popeo (and predecessors), 1933-1993.

Achievements

• Bar: Massachusetts 1926, District of Columbia 1972.

Membership

Board directors Greater Boston Young Men’s Christian Association, 1956-1971. Fellow American Bar Foundation, American College Trust and Estate Counsel, American College Tax Counsel. Member American Bar Association (vice chairman estate and gift tax committee of tax section 1966-1968, house of deals 1968-1979, committee on specialization 1975-1981, task force on lawyer competence 1981-1983, consortium on lawyer competency 1983), National Conference Chief Justices (member coordinating council), Massachusetts Bar Association (board delegations 1969-1971), Boston Bar Association (chairman family law 1959-1965, president 1969-1971), American Law Institute (committee on revision estate and gift taxes 1964-1967, joint committee continuing professional education 1965-1993, chairman advisory committee peer review 1978-1980, chairman peer review institute, co-chairman committee on law practice evaluation project, Service award 1988), Harvard Law School Association (regional vice president, member council 1966-1970), Boston Bar Foundation (president 1969-1974, Public Service award 1988), Dartmouth Alumni Association (president Boston 1954), Phi Beta Kappa.

Clubs: Harvard (Boston and New York City). Union, Curtis, The Law. The Country (Brookline, Massachusetts).

Connections

Married Harriet Segal, March 27, 1928. Children: Marjorie (Mistress William H. Wolf), Susan (Mistress David A. Bensinger).

Father:

Abraham I. Cohn

Mother:

Miriam (Caro) Cohn

Spouse:

Harriet Segal

child:

Marjorie Cohn (Mistress William H. Wolf)

child:

Susan Cohn (Mistress David A. Bensinger)