Milton Katz

Background

KATZ, Milton was born on November 29, 1907 in New York, United States. Son of Morris and Clara (Schiffman) Katz.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Harvard University, 1927; Juris Doctor, Harvard University, 1931; Doctor of Laws, Brandeis U., 1972.

Career

Member anthropological expedition across, Central Africa for Peabody Museum, Harvard, 1927-1928; various official posts with, United States Government, 1932-1939; professor of law, Harvard, 1940; leaves of absence, 1941-1946, 48-50; Henry L. Stimson professor of law, also director international legal studies, 1954-1978; director international program in taxation, 1961-1963; Sherman Fairchild Distinguished visiting scholar, California Institute Technology, 1974; John Danz lecturer, consultant program social management technical, U. Washington, 1974; Phi Beta Kappa distinguished visiting scholar, 1977-1978; Distinguished professor of law, Suffolk U. 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, Economics Common for Europe, 1950-1951; chairman, Defense Financial and Economics Committee North Atlantic Treaty, 1950-1951; vice president, Ford Foundation, 1951-1954; consultant, Ford Foundation, 1954-1966; consultant, assistant secretary education, Department of Health, Education and Welfare, 1967; consultant, chairman energy advising committee, Office Technology Assessment, 1974-1995; consultant, chairman energy advising committee, National Endowment Humanities, 1974-1995. President Cambridge Community Services, 1959-1961. Chairman of Commission manpower White House Conference International Cooperation, 1965.

Chairman of Commission on life science and social policy National Academy Science-National Research Council, 1968-1975. Member panel technical assessment National Academy Science, 1968-1969. Member of advisory board Consortium on Competitiveness and Cooperation, University of California, 1986-1995.

Achievements

• Milton Katz has been listed as a noteworthy Legal educator, public official by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

• book

  • The Relevance of International Adjudication

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Membership

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).

Connections

Married Vivian Greenberg, July 2, 1933. Children: John, Robert, Peter.

Father:

Morris Katz

Mother:

Clara (Schiffman) Katz

Spouse:

Vivian Greenberg

child:

Robert Katz

child:

Peter Katz

child:

John Katz