Background
KATZ, Milton was born on November 29, 1907 in New York, United States. Son of Morris and Clara (Schiffman) Katz.
professor of law and public official
KATZ, Milton was born on November 29, 1907 in New York, United States. Son of Morris and Clara (Schiffman) Katz.
AB, Harvard University, 1927. Juris Doctor, Harvard University, 1931. Doctor of Laws, Brandeis University, 1972.
Member anthropological expedition across Central Africa for Peabody Museum, Harvard, 1927-1928. Various official posts with United States Government, 1932-1939. Professor law Harvard, 1940.
Leaves of absence, 1941-1946, 48-50. Henry L. Stimson professor law, also director international legal studies, 1954-1978. Director international program in taxation, 1961-1963.
Sherman Fairchild Distinguished visiting scholar California Institute of Technology, 1974. John Danz lecturer, consultant program social management technical University Washington, 1974. Phi Beta Kappa distinguished visiting scholar, 1977-1978.
Distinguished professor law Suffolk University Law School, 1978-1995. Solicitor War Production Board, 1941-1943. United States executive officer Combined Production and Resources Board, 1942-1943.
With Office of Strategic Services, 1943-1944. United States special representative in Europe. With rank American Electric Power, 1950-1951.
Chief United States delegate Economic Commission for Europe, 1950-1951. Chairman Defense Financial and Economic Committee North Atlantic Treaty, 1950-1951. Vice president Ford Foundation, 1951-1954, consultant, 1954-1966.
Consultant, assistant secretary education Department of Health, 1967. Consultant, chairman energy advisory committee Office Technology Assessment, 1974-1995, National Endowment Humanities, 1974-1995. President Cambridge Community Services, 1959-1961.
Chairman committee manpower White House Conference International Cooperation, 1965. Chairman committee on life science and social policy National Academy of Sciences-National Research Council, 1968-1975. Member panel technical assessment National Academy of Sciences, 1968-1969.
Member advisory board Consortium on Competitiveness and Cooperation, University California, 1986-1995.
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Author: Cases and Materials in Administrative Law, 1947, Government Under Law and the Individual, (with others), 1957, (with Kingman Brewster, Junior) Law of International Transactions and Relations, 1960, The Things That Are Caesar's, 1966, The Relevance of International Adjudication, 1968, The Modern Foundation: Its Dual Nature, Public and Private, 1968, (with others) Man's Impact on the Global Environment, 1970, Assessing Biomedical Technologies, 1975, Technology, Trade and the United States Economy, 1978, Strengthening Conventional Deterrence in Europe– A Proposal for the 1980s, 1983, Contribution to the Positive Sum Strategy: Harnessing Technology for Economic Growth, 1986
also articles.
Trustee Case Western Reserve University, 1967-1980, Brandeis University. Member corporation Boston Museum of Science. Member visiting committee humanities Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1970-1973.
Member advisory board energy laboratory Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1974-1985. Chairman board trustees Carnegie Endowment International Peace, 1970-1978, International Legal Center, 1971-1978. Trustee, member executive committee World Peace Foundation.
President Citizen's Research Foundation, 1969-1978. Co-chairman American Bar Association-American Association for the Advancement of Science Committee on Science and Law. Member committee on technical and international economic and trade issues National Academy Engineering Served with United States Naval Reserve, 1944-1946, Mediterranean Theatre of Operations, European Theatre of Operations.
Lieutenant Commander Reserve. Fellow American Academy Arts and Sciences (president 1979-1982). Member Harvard Alumni Association (director 1952-1955).
Married Vivian Greenberg, July 2, 1933. Children: John, Robert, Peter.