Jerome Elliot Hyman

Background

Hyman, Jerome Elliot was born on December 26, 1923 in Rosedale, Mississippi, United States. Son of Mose and Mary Ann (Sprecher) Hyman.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, College William and Mary, 1944; Bachelor of Laws magna cum laude (Fay diploma), Harvard University, 1947.

Career

Member foreign funds control staff, Department Treasury, United States Military Government, Frankfurt and Berlin, Germany, 1945-1946; law clerk to judge, United States Court Appeals, Boston, 1947-1948; associate firm, Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton, New York City, 1948-1958; partner, Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton, New York City, 1959-1993; counsel, Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton, New York City, since 1994; trustee, member Executive Committee, Practising Law Institute, New York City, 1972-1997; vice president, Practising Law Institute, New York City, 1979-1986; president, Practising Law Institute, New York City, 1986-1996; chairman of the board of trustees, Practising Law Institute, New York City, 1996-1997; chairman emeritus, Practising Law Institute, New York City, since 1997; senior vice president, general counsel, Pan Am World Airways, Inc., 1982-1984.

Achievements

• Jerome Elliot Hyman has been listed as a reputable Lawyer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

President Lexington Democratic Club, New York City, 1956-1958. Counsel New York Committee for Stevenson, 1956. Delegate various Democratic state and judicial conventions.

Alumni member Harvard Law School Placement Committee, 1976-1979. National chairman major gifts committee Harvard Law School Fund, 1978-1980. Member overseers committee to visit Harvard Law School, 1986-1992.

Trustee Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, since 1981. Trustee Citizens Budget Commission, New York City, 1991-1994, trustee emeritus, since 1994. Trustee College of William and Mary Foundation, 1997-1903, trustee emeritus, since 2003.

Member dean's advisory board Harvard Law School, since 2000, executive committee, since 2003. Fellow American Bar Foundation, Phi Beta Kappa Society. Member American Bar Association, (advisory business law section since 2008), Association Bar City New York (chairman committee corporation law 1984-1987), American Law Institute, American Judicature Society, New York County Lawyers Association, Tribar Opinion Commission, Harvard Law School Association New York City (trustee 1980-1983, vice president 1984-1985, president 1985-1986), National Harvard Law School Association (member council 1990-1993, member executive committee 1991-1993), Harvard Law Review Board Overseers, Harvard University Committee Resources.

Connections

Married Isabelle Miller, July 1, 1960.

Father:

Mose Hyman

Mother:

Mary Ann (Sprecher) Hyman

Spouse:

Isabelle Miller