Background
Cohen, Sheldon Stanley was born on June 28, 1927 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Herman and Pearl (Jaffe) Cohen.
Cohen, Sheldon Stanley was born on June 28, 1927 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Herman and Pearl (Jaffe) Cohen.
AB with special honors, George Washington University, 1950. Juris Doctor with highest honors (Charles W. Dorsey scholar), George Washington University, 1952. Doctor of Letters (honorary), Lincoln College.
Doctor of Laws (honorary), George Washington University, 2003.
Accountant, 1950-1952. Legislation attorney Office Chief Counsel, Internal Revenue Service, Department Treasury, 1952-1956, chief counsel, 1963-1965, commissioner internal revenue, 1965-1969. Associate Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, 1956-1960.
Partner Arnold, Fortas & Porter, Washington, 1960-1963, Cohen & Uretz, Washington, 1969-1985, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, Washington, 1985—2005. Professor George Washington University School Public Policy and Public Administration, since 2005. Counsel Farr, Miller & Washington.
Professor George Washington Law School, 2006—2010. Lecturer Howard University Law school, 1957-1958. Professorial lecturer George Washington University Law School, 1958-1981.
Adjunct professor University Miami Law School, Florida, 1974-1985. Advisory committee Institute Estate Planning, University Miami Law Center, 1969-1986. Chairman executive compensation committee United States Pay Board, 1971-1972.
Consultant Commission for Revision of Tax Laws, 1969-1971. Consultant Filer Commission on Private Philanthropy and Public Needs, 1975-1976. Member Commission on Foundations and Private Philanthropy, 1969-1970.
Advisory group to commissioner Internal Revenue Service, 1969-1970. Chairman steering committee Administrative Conference United States, 1974-1984. Member executive committee Washington Lawyer's Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, since 1975, co-chairman, 1988-1990.
Member Jimmy Carter Tax Task Force, 1976. Advisor on tax and economics Walter F. Mondale Campaign, 1984, Albert Gore campaign, 2000, John Kerry campaign, 2004, Obama Campaign, 2008-2009. Consultant United Nations Development Program on Tax Administration, 1990-1996.
Consultant panel to controller general United States General Accounting Office, 1982-2000, chairman Audit Advisory Com, since 1995. President American-Israel Tax Foundation, 1969-1980. Member council School Government and Business Administration George Washington University, 1969-1979, commission on governance, 1970, trustee, 1980-2002, chairman board of trustees, 2000-2002, chairman emeritus, 2003.
President Law Association, 1978-1979. Rapporteur CIAT Conference in Canada, 1987. Advisory board The Lincoln Legals, since 1988.
Vice president presidential Inaugural Foundation, 1992-1993. Board directors Supreme Court History Society, treasurer since 1995. Advisory board School Public Affairs & Public Policy, Geo.
Washington University, since 2004. With United States Naval Reserve, 1945-1946.
Secretary, tax counsel Center for National Policy, 1981—2000. Member advisory committee District of Columbia Court Appeals Admission Committee. Adviser Lincoln Bicentennial Commission, 2003—2010.
Counsel Project Judaica Foundation, Inc., 1980—2008. Board regents Omar N. Bradley Foundation, United States Army History Collection, 1970—1973. Vice president American Jewish History Society, 1980—1992, chairman, 1993—2000, honorary chair, since 2001.
Vice president trustees Walter Mondale;s Blind Trust, 1976—1981. Chair audit advisory committee General Accounting Office, since 1995. Chair audit committee District of Columbia Government, since 2007.
Vice president Committee Cabinet, 2009—2010. Treasurer National Jewish Democratic Council, since 1991. Special tax counsel Democratic National Committee, 1969—1972, general counsel, 1972—1977.
Vice president Presidential Inaugural Foundation, 1992—1993. Past president Jewish Social Service Agency, Washington. Chairman endowment steering committee Council Jewish Federations, 1991—2000, American Jewish History Society, since 1993.
Past vice president Jewish Community Center Greater Washington. Board overseers Jewish Theological Seminary American, since 1972. Trustee United Jewish Endowment Fund, 1980—2002, trustee emeritus, since 2003.
Board directors, past vice president Jewish Community Foundation. Trustee B'nai B'rith Foundation of the United States. Board directors, trustee emeritus Adas Israel Congregation.
Board directors Jewish Welfare Board, United Synagogues American, Common Cause, National Council for a Responsible Firearms Policy, Inc., National Foundation for Jewish Culture, 1968-1972, American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, United Jewish Appeal Foundation of District of Columbia, 1969—2002, Supreme Court History Society, since 1993, treasurer, since 1997. Board directors, chairman development committee Community Foundation Greater Washington, 1982—1990. Board directors American Associates Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel, vice president Israel, 1988—1990.
Board directors Gomez Foundation for Mill House, 1982—1995, Ulysses S. Grant Association, since 1976, vice president, since 1994. Board directors B'nai B'rith, 1979—1985. Member National Academy Public Administration (chairman committee on energy 1978-1979, trustee, secretary 1983-1990, committee on ethics, chair study Holocaust Museum 1999), American Bar Association (chairman special committee on retirement benefits legislation tax csect.
1972-1973), Federal Bar Association (council tax section), District of Columbia Bar Association (board directors 1969-1972), District of Columbia Bar (Unified) (board governors 1972-1975, tax counsel since 1972, chair Iolta Study), American College Tax Counsel, American Law Institute, J. Edgar Murdock American Inn of Court (counselor since 1988), District of Columbia Institute of Certified Public Accountants (honorary), Inter-American Center for Tax Administrators (president 1967-1968), American-Israel Chamber of Commerce (chairman tax committee), Cosmos Club (chairman admissions committee 2005-2007), Tournament Players Association, Golf Avenel Club, Masons.
Married Faye Fram, February 21, 1951. Children: Melinda Ann Cohen Goetzl, Laura Eve Cohen Apelbaum, Jonathan Adam, Sharon Ruevena Cohen Liebman.