Nathan Hershey

Background

Hershey, Nathan was born on April 28, 1930 in New York City. Son of Harry and Hannah (Horwitz) Hershey.

Education

New York University (Bachelor of Arts, 1950). Harvard Law School (Bachelor of Laws, 1953).

Career

Worked at Markel, Schafer & Goldman P.C. (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) specializing in General Civil Practice in all State and Federal Courts. Real Estate, Probate, Corporation, Tax and Health and Hospital Law. Admitted to the bar, 1953, District of Columbia.

1977, Pennsylvania.

Professor, Health Law, University of Pittsburgh, 1967—. Co-Author: "Hospital Law Manual," Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1959. With Robert Miller, "Human Experimentation and the Law," Germantown, Maryland, 1976.

Author: "Hospital-Physician Relationships," Rockville, Maryland, 1982. Editor, Hospital Law Newsletter, 1983—. Member: American Bar Association.

American Academy of Healthcare Attorneys (President, 1972). Society of Hospital Attorneys of Western Pennsylvania (President, 1980). The firm was founded in 1927 and has been in the general practice of law in Western Pennsylvania since that time.

The principle areas of practice include corporations, real property and decedents estates, commercial and securities litigation, local agency and state administrative law matters, with emphasis on hospital and health law.

Achievements

• Bar: District of Columbia 1953, Pennsylvania 1977.

Works

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  • Human Experimentation and the Law

    (Book by Hershey, Nathan, Miller, Robert D.)

  • Human Experimentation and the Law
  • Hospital Physician Relationships

Membership

Board of directors Women's Health Services, 1976-1991, board vice president, 1982-1991. Board of directors Hill House Association, Pittsburgh, 1964-1971. Served with United States Army, 1953-1955.

Member Institute Medicine-NAS, American Society Hospital Attorneys (past president), Society Hospital Attorneys Western Pennsylvania (director 1974-1985, past president), American Public Health Association.

Connections

Married Carol Fine, July 13, 1958. Children— Suzanne, Madeleine.