Background
Flom, Joseph Harold was born on December 20, 1923 in Baltimore. Son of Isadore and Fannie (Fishman) Flom.
Flom, Joseph Harold was born on December 20, 1923 in Baltimore. Son of Isadore and Fannie (Fishman) Flom.
Bachelor, City College of New York, 1948. Bachelor of Laws cum laude, Harvard University, 1948. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Queens College, 1984.
Doctor of Laws (honorary), Fordham University, 1990.
Joined Skadden Arps Slate, New York City, since 1948. Now partner Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP. Special counsel subcommittee on admisntrn. of internal revenue laws House Ways and Means Committee, 1951—1952.
Member Securities and Exchange Commission Committee on Tender Offers, 1996—2006. Board directors Wm. Wrigley Junior Company, 1977—1994, Urban American, LLC, since 1998.
Trustee Federation Jewish Philanthropies New York, 1977—1989, Mount Sinai-New York University Medical Center Health Systems, 1978—1999, Barnard College, 1983—1993, New York History Society, 1989—1994, Skadden Fellowship Foundation, Constitutional Education Foundation, 1989—1993. Member New York City Commission on Status of Women, 1975—1976, New York City Holocoaust Memorial Commission, 1982—1987, Mayor's Council Economic Advisors, New York City, 1990—1993, Mayor's Management Advisory Task Force, 1991—1993. Board directors United Way New York City, 1991—1997, American-Israel Friendship League, 1996—2000.
Co-chair task force on capital finance and construction New York City Board Education, 1987—1989. Co-chair New York City Commission on Bicentennial of United States Constitution, 1986—1989, New York City Operation Welcome Home Commission, 1991. Chair emeritus Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, 1994—1998.
Chair advisory committee Export-Import Bank of United States, 1995. Advisory council Bologna Center of the Paul H. Nitze School Advanced International Studies Johns Hopkins University, 2000—2003. Mayor's representative Metropolitan Museum Art, 1990—1993.
Member Woodrow Wilson Council, Archdiocesan Task Force on Crime Prevention and Youth, 1982—1987. Fellow: American Academy Arts & Sciences. Member: City College of New York 21st Century Foundation (trustee since 2006), Carroll and Milton Petrie Foundation (director since 2000), Harvard Law School, Dean's Advisory Board, Council on Foreign Relations, Association Bar City New York.
Married Judi Sorensen Flom, October 10, 2008. Children: Peter Leslie, Jason Robert.