Background
Axelrad, Irving Irmas was born on December 21, 1915 in Huron, South Dakota, United States. Son of Simon and Anna Irmas Axelrad.
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Axelrad, Irving Irmas was born on December 21, 1915 in Huron, South Dakota, United States. Son of Simon and Anna Irmas Axelrad.
Bachelor of Arts, University of Chicago, 1937; Juris Doctor cum laude, University of Chicago, 1939.
Attorney antitrust division, Department Justice, 1939-1940;
general counsel's office member, Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, 1940-1941;
special assistant to attorney general tax division, Department Justice, 1942-1952;
senior partner, Mitchell, Silberberg & Knupp, Los Angeles, 1952-1980;
senior vice president, Occidental Petroleum Corporation, Los Angeles, 1980-1982. Lecturer taxation Graduate School Law, University of Southern California, 1953-1954. Guest lecturer University of California at Los Angeles, 1956-1968, University of California, Berkeley, 1958, 65, 68.
Lecturer University of Chicago LawSch. Federal Tax Conference, 1956, 58, 68. Board directors Western region United Way, 1980-1984.
Member of advisory board Loyola Marymount U. Institute for Intergroup Relations Training, 1973-1978. Member Executive Board Los Angeles chapter American Jewish Committee, since 1958. Board directors Scott Newman Foundation, since 1980, president, 1981-1984.
Served to lieutenant (junior grade) United States Naval Reserve, 1944-1946. Member American Bar Association, Los Angeles Bar Association, State Bar of California, University Chicago Alumni Association (president Southern California chapter 1964-1967), Order of Coif, Phi Beta Kappa Clubs: Hillcrest Country (Los Angeles).
Married Ethel Ritter Rosenberg, January 1, 1973. Children: Allan, Stephen, Karen, Eve, Joel.