Background
Dembling, Paul Gerald was born on January 11, 1920 in Rahway, New Jersey, United States. Son of Simon and Fannie (Ellenbogen) Dembling.
Dembling, Paul Gerald was born on January 11, 1920 in Rahway, New Jersey, United States. Son of Simon and Fannie (Ellenbogen) Dembling.
Bachelor of Arts, Rutgers University, 1940; Master of Arts, Rutgers University, 1942; Juris Doctor, George Washington University, 1951.
Graduate assistant, teaching fellow, Rutgers University, 1940-1942; economist, Office Chief Transportation, Department Army, 1942-1945; since practiced in, Washington industrial relations, National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, 1945-1951; special counsel, legal adviser, general counsel, National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, 1951-1958; assistant general counsel, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1958-1961; director legislation affairs, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1961-1963; deputy general counsel, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1963-1967; general counsel, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1967-1969; Chairman of the Board contract appeals, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1958-1961; vice chairman inventions and contributions board, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1959-1967; member and alternate representative United States delegate, United Nations Legal Subcommittee Committee on Outer Space, 1964-1969; general counsel, General Accounting Office, 1969-1978; partner, Schnader, Harrison, Segal & Lewis, Washington, 1978-1993; senior counsel, Schnader, Harrison, Segal & Lewis, Washington, since 1994. Principal author National Aeronautics and Space Administration Act, 1958. Professorial lecturer George Washington U.Law School, 1965-1986.
Fellow: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (chairman committee law and sociology 1969-1971), Federal Bar Association (life. National council since 1963, president Capitol Hill chapter 1977-1978, national secretary 1978-1979, president-elect 1981-1982, national president 1983-1984, board directors building corporation 1989—2005, Earl W. Kintner Distinguished award 2003), American Bar Association (life. Public contract law secretary 1983-1984, vice chairman 1984-1985, chairman elect 1985-1986, chairman 1986-1987, council), National Academy Public Administration, National Contract Management Association (board advisers 1973-1998), Federal Bar Foundation (life).
Member: International Institute Space Law (president American association 1970-1972, International Astronaut. Federation award 1992), Procurement Roundtable (board directors 1984—2009, vice chairman 1988—2009, director emeritus 2009), District of Columbia Bar (member steering committee government contracts and litigation section 1989-1995), Cosmos Club, Phi Delta Phi.
Married Florence Brotman, November 22, 1947. Children: Ross Wayne, Douglas Evan, Donna Stacy.