Background
Marshall, Louis was born on December 14, 1856 in Syracuse, New York, United States. Son of Jacob and Zilli (Strauss) Marshall.
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Louis Marshall
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Syracuse public and high schools. Law School, Columbia University. Doctor of Laws, Syracuse University, 1913.
Doctor of Humane Letters, Hebrew Union College, 1920.
Doctor of Humane Letters, Jewish Theological Seminary, 1927.
Career
Began practice at Syracuse, 1878. Now member Guggenheimer, Untermyer & Marshall. Has argued many important causes in the higher courts, especially constitutional and corporation law.
Achievements
Membership
Member Constitutional conversations, New York, 1890, 1894, 1915. Member of commission appointed by Mayor Low, 1902, to investigate East Side conditions. Member New York District Board, 1917-1919.
President Comite des Delegations Juives auprès de la Conference de la Paix, whose efforts resulted in the treaties with Poland, Rumania, Jugo-Slavia, CzechoSlovakia and other countries, which guarantee equal rights to all racial, religious and linguistic minorities.
Trustee Syracuse University, from 1910, to which has presented law library.
Connections
Married Florence Lowenstein, May 6, 1895 (died 1916).
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Political Party
Republican