Leo Pfeffer

Background

Pfeffer, Leo was born on December 25, 1910 in Hungary. Came to United States, 1912. Naturalized, 1917. Son of Alter Saul and Hani (Yaeger) Pfeffer.

Education

BSS, City College of New York, 1930. Juris Doctor, New York University, 1933. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Hebrew Union College, 1979.

Doctor of Laws (honorary), Long Island University, 1988.

Career

Private practice, New York City, 1933-1990. Private teacher law, 1933-1945. Lecturer New School, 1954-1958, Mount Holyoke College, 1958-1960.

David W. Petergorsky professor constitutional law Yeshivah University, 1962-1963. General counsel American Jewish Congress, 1958-1964, special counsel, 1964-1985. Professor political science Long Island University, 1964-1980, adjunct professor, 1981-1993, chairman department, 1964-1979.

Visiting professor constitutional law Rutgers University, 1965. Frequent radio and television appearances, 1954-1993.

Achievements

• Leo Pfeffer has been listed as a reputable lawyer, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Creeds in Competition: A Creative Force in American Culture

    (A leading authority tells how the American pattern of fre...)

  • Religion, State and the Burger Court

    (In Religion, State and the Burger Court, Leo Pfeffer, the...)

  • CREEDS IN COMPETITION

    (1958 HARDCOVER (No Dust Jacket))

  • God, Caesar, and the Constitution;: The Court as referee of Church-state confrontation

    (Book by Pfeffer, Leo)

  • This Honorable Court a History of the Us
  • Creeds in competition: a creative force in American culture
  • This Honorable Court: A History of the United States Supreme Court - 1st US Edition/1st Printing
  • This Honorable Court
  • This Honorable Court: A Complete Account of a Unique American Institution - The
  • Church, state, and freedom
  • This honorable Court; a history of the United States Supreme Court

Membership

President Lawyers Constitutional Defense Committee, 1964-1966, counsel, 1967-1982, emeritus counsel, 1982-1993. Consultant counsel Religious Coalition for Abortion Rights, 1976-1993. Advisory committee National Project Center for Film and the Humanities, 1974-1993.

Member religious liberty committee National Council Churches of Christ in United States of America. Member national legal affairs committee Anti-Defamation League B'nai B'rith, 1985-1993. Member national advisory board Americans for Religious Liberty, 1985-1993.

Fellow Jewish Academy Arts and Sciences. Member American Jewish Congress, American Academy Religion, American Academy Political and Social Sciences, American Association of University Professors (president Long Island University chapter 1967-1968), Jewish Peace Fellowship (executive committee 1969-1993, counsel 1979-1993), American Civil Liberties Union (consultant, cooperating attorney), Science Society Study Religion, New York University Law Review Alumni Association (president 1964-1966), American Judicature Society, American Political Science Association, American Arbitration Association (panel arbitrators), National Association Intergroup Relations Officials, Horace Mann League United States (general counsel), American Society for Legal History, Committee for Public Education and Religious Liberty (founder 1967, general counsel 1967-1982, counsel emeritus 1982-1993, award), National Coalition Public Education and Religious liberty (founder 1967, general counsel 1967-1982, counsel emeritus 1982-1993).

Connections

Married Freda Plotkin, September 18, 1937. Children: Alan Israel, Susan Beth.

Father:

Alter Saul Pfeffer

Mother:

Hani (Yaeger) Pfeffer

Spouse:

Freda Plotkin

child:

Susan Beth Pfeffer

child:

Alan Israel Pfeffer