Herbert Seymour Kassman

Background

Kassman, Herbert Seymour was born on June 13, 1924 in Binghamton, New York, United States. Son of Maurice Pincus and Clara (Wolkenstein) Kassman.

Education

Harvard University (Bachelor of Arts, 1947. Bachelor of Laws, 1953). Visiting Scholar, Research Fellow, Harvard Law School, since 1982.

With Polaroid Corporation, 1953-1972.

Corporate Secretary and International Counsel, 1966-1972. Member, Massachusetts Governor's Advisory Council on Guangdong, since 1984.

Lecturer in Law: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Boston University.

Career

Engineer, writer, editor, Jackson & Moreland (consultant engineers), Boston, 1948-1950; with, Polaroid Corporation, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1953-1972; assistant secretary, Polaroid Corporation, 1961-1965; secretary, Polaroid Corporation, 1965-1972; director, Greater Boston Elderly Legal Services, 1979-1982. Member Chelsea advisory board Government Land Bank, 1975-1981. Director International Law Collaborative, since 1984.

Consultant United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, 1988, 90. Visiting scholar Harvard University Law School, 1982.

Achievements

• Herbert Seymour Kassman has been listed as a reputable Lawyer, management consultant by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Board directors, trustee Chorus Pro Musica, Boston, 1955-1987. Trustee Metropolitan Cultural Alliance, 1969-1985, Ford Hall Forum, since 1978, president, 1989-1993, chairman advisory committee, since 1993. Board directors Beneficent Society of New England Conservatory of Music, since 1976, Concerned Boston Citizens for Elder Affairs, 1976-1984.

Member governor's advisory committee Massachusetts-Guangdong Sister State-Province Relationship, since 1984. Founding trustee Korea-New England Alliance, since 1987. Lieutenant (junior grade) United States Naval Reserve, 1943-1946.

Member American Bar Association, Massachusetts Bar Association, Boston Bar Association (chairman private international law committee 1977-1981, co-chairman international law section 1981-1984, chairman 1984-1986), Boston Patent Law Association.

Connections

Married Deborah Gordon Newman, August 22, 1948 (divorced December 1986). 1 child, Judith Clare.

Father:

Maurice Pincus Kassman

Mother:

Clara (Wolkenstein) Kassman

Spouse:

Deborah Gordon Newman

child:

Judith Clare Kassman