Background
Girth, Marjorie Louisa was born on April 21, 1939 in Trenton, New Jersey, United States. Daughter of Harold Brookman and Marjorie Mathilda (Simonson) Girth.
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Marjorie Louisa Girth
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AB, Mount Holyoke College, 1959; Bachelor of Laws, Harvard University, 1962.
Career
Private practice, Trenton, 1963-1965;
research associate, Brookings Institution, 1965-1970;
associate professor of law, State University of New York Law School, Buffalo, 1971-1979;
professor, State University of New York Law School, Buffalo, 1979-1991;
associate dean, State University of New York Law School, Buffalo, 1986-1987;
dean, Georgia State University College Law, Atlanta, 1992-1996;
professor, Georgia State University College Law, Atlanta, since 1992. Visiting professor University of Virginia Law School, 1979-1980. Southeastern Bankruptcy Law Institute visiting professor Emory Law School, spring 1991, visiting scholar, 1996.
Visiting legal educator West Virginia University College of Law Visiting Committee, 1994-1995. Chancellor's search advising committee Board of Regents, 1993-1994.
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Board of directors Buffalo and Erie County Young Women’s Christian Association, 1972-1976, Buffalo Unitarian-Universalist Church, 1981-1984, Feminist Women's Health Center, 1993-1994. Member of commission on peace, justice and human rights International Association Religious Freedom, 1976-1979. Chairman Erie County Task Force on Status of Women, 1985-1987.
Member American Bar Association (member county business law section 1985-1989, chairman consumer bankruptcy committee 1983-1986), American Civil Liberties Union Georgia (board directors since 1995), Association American Law Schools (nominations committee 1996), American Law Institute, New York State Bar Association (member Executive Committee business law section 1980-1991, chairman bankruptcy law committee 1980-1982, Chairman.banking corporation business law section 1986-1987, member house of deals 1990-1991), Georgia Supreme Court (commission on racial and ethnic bias in court system 1993-1995, commission on equality since 1995, secretary 1998), Georgia Association Women Lawyers, Law School Admissions Council (audit committee 1995-1997, finance and legal affairs committee, since 1997), Mount Holyoke Alumnae Association (centennial award 1972).
