Background
Abram was born into a Jewish family, the son of an Romanian immigrant, Sam Abram, and a German mother, Irene Cohen. He grew up in the small town of Fitzgerald, Georgia.
Abram was born into a Jewish family, the son of an Romanian immigrant, Sam Abram, and a German mother, Irene Cohen. He grew up in the small town of Fitzgerald, Georgia.
University of Georgia (Bachelor of Arts, 1938). Oxford University, England (Bachelor of Arts, 1946. Master of Arts, 1953.
Rhodes Scholar).
University of Chicago (Juris Doctor, 1940). University of Chicago (Juris Doctor, 1940). Davidson College (Doctor of Laws, 1972).
Yeshiva University (Doctor of Laws, 1976).
Tougaloo College (Doctor of Laws, 1978). Kings College (Doctor of Humane Letters, 1981).
Hebrew Union College (Doctorate.H.L., 1987).
Partner, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, New York City, 1962-1968;
partner, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, New York City, 1970-1989;
retired, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, New York City, 1989;
counsel, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, 1993;
president, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts, 1968-1970;
ambassador to United Nations European office, Geneva, 1989-1993;
chairman, United Nations Watch, Geneva, since 1993. Prosecuting staff International Military Tribunal, Nurnberg, Germany, 1946. Assistant to director Committee for Marshall Plan, 1948.
Regional counsel WSB. General counsel Peace Corps, 1961. Member subcommittee on prevention of discrimination and protection of minorities United Nations, 1963-1965.
United States representative United Nations Commission Human Rights, 1965-1968. Co-chairman planning conference White House Conference on Civil Rights, 1965. Member Executive Committee President's National Committee Community Relations, 1964-1968.
Chairman Moreland Act Commision on Nursing Homes and Residential Facilities, 1975-1976, President's Common for Study of Ethics in Medicine and biomedical and Behavioral Research, 1979-1983. Chairman National Conference on Soviet Jewry, 1983-1988. Chairman Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Orgns., 1986-1988.
Vice chairman United States Commission Civil Rights, 1984-1986. Chief United States delegate Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe, Paris, 1989. lectr.Oxford U. (England).
President Family Service Society of, Fulton, DeKalb, Cobb counties, 1957-1959. Chairman Atlanta Citizens Crime Committee, 1958-1960. National president American Jewish Committee, 1963-1968.
Board directors 20th Century Fund. President Field Foundation, 1965-1982. Board directors Morehouse College, 1959-1985.
Institute International Education, Council Foreign Relations. Trustee Sarah Lawrence College, 1971-1974, Institute International Education, 1969-1974. Chairman United Negro College Fund, 1970-1979.
Founding chairman board Benjamin N. Cardozo Law School, Yeshiva University, 1976-1979. Member National Advisory Council Economic Opportunity, 1967-1968. Served to major United States Army Air Force, 1941-1945.
Fellow American Academy Arts & Sciences (honorary), American College Trial Lawyers, Pembroke College, Oxford University. Foundation member Lawyers Communications for Civil Rights Under the Law. Member American Bar Association, New York State Bar Association, Georgia Bar Association, Lawyers Club Atlanta, Association Bar City New York, District of Columbia Bar Association, Phi Beta Kappa, Omicron Delta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi.
Married Jane Maguire, December 23, 1943 (divorced 1974). Children: Ruth, Ann, Morris Berthold, Jonathan Adam, Joshua Anthony. Married Carlyn Feldman Fisher, January 25, 1975 (divorced 1987).
Married Bruna Molina, August 26, 1990.