Background
Kassman, Herbert Seymour was born on June 13, 1924 in Binghamton, New York, United States. Son of Maurice Pincus and Clara (Wolkenstein) Kassman.
Kassman, Herbert Seymour was born on June 13, 1924 in Binghamton, New York, United States. Son of Maurice Pincus and Clara (Wolkenstein) Kassman.
AB, Harvard University, 1947. Juris Doctor, Harvard University, 1953.
Engineer, writer, editor Jackson & Moreland (consultant engineers), Boston, 1948-1950. With Polaroid Corporation, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1953-1972, assistant secretary, 1961-1965, secretary, 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.
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.
Married Deborah Gordon Newman, August 22, 1948 (div. December 1986); 1 child, Judith Clare.