Background
Buckman, Melvin Joseph was born on August 24, 1930 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
Buckman, Melvin Joseph was born on August 24, 1930 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
Bachelor of Science, University of Pennsylvania, 1951; Juris Doctor cum laude, Harvard University, 1954.
Attorney, advisor, United States Small Business Administration, Philadelphia, 1957-1959; lawyer, General Electric, Valley Forge, Philadelphia and New York City, 1959-1965; partner, Mesirov, Gelman, Jaffe, Cramer & Jamieson, Philadelphia, 1965-1982; shareholder, McCausland, Keen & Buckman, Radnor, Pennsylvania, since 1983.
With United States Army, 1955-1956. Member American Bar Association, Philadelphia Bar Association, Society Hill Civic Association (board directors 1991-1995, president since 1995).
Son of Coleman and Gertrude (Kotsuff) B. Divorced; children: Michael A., Adam, David I.