Background
Bickel, Alexander Mordecai was born on December 17, 1924 in Bucharest, Rumania. Son of Solomon and Yetta (Schafer) Bickel.
Bickel, Alexander Mordecai was born on December 17, 1924 in Bucharest, Rumania. Son of Solomon and Yetta (Schafer) Bickel.
Brought to the United States, 1939, naturalized, 1943. Bachelor of Science, College City New York, 1947. Bachelor of Laws, Harvard, 1949.
Master of Arts (honorary), Yale, 1960.
Admitted to Massachusetts bar, 1950, Supreme Court of the United States Court bar, 1959. Law clerk to chief judge The United States of America Court Appeals, Boston, 1949-1950. Law officer State Department, 1950-1952.
Law clerk to Supreme Court of the United States Court Justice Frankfurter, 1952-1953.
Special assistant to director policy planning staff State Department, 1953-1954. Research associate Harvard, 1954-1956.
Faculty Yale Law School, 1956-1974, professor, 1960-1966, also member history faculty and Chancellor Kent professor of law and legal history, 1966-1974, William Clyde DeVane professor, 1971-1974. Consultant sub-commission on separation powers Senate Committee on Judiciary, 90th-93d Congresses.
Holmes lecturer Harvard Law School, 1969.
Served with Army of the United States, 1943-1945. Guggenheim fellow, fellow Center for Advanced Study in Behavorial Sciences, 1970-1971. Member American Academy Arts and Sciences.
Married Josephine Ann Napolino, October 17, 1959. Children: Francesca Ann, Claudia Rose.