Background
Amram, Philip Werner was born on March 14, 1900 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of David Werner and Beulah (Brylawski) Amram.
Amram, Philip Werner was born on March 14, 1900 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of David Werner and Beulah (Brylawski) Amram.
Bachelor of Arts, Univercity Pennsylvania, 1920; Bachelor of Agricultural Science, Pennsylvania State College, 1922; Bachelor of Laws cum laude, University of Pennsylvania, 1927.
Practiced as member of law firm of, Wolf, Block, Schorr & Solis-Cohen, Philadelphia, 1927-1942;
member, Amram, Hahn & Sundlun (and successor firms), Washington
teacher Pennsylvania practice and practice court, University of Pennsylvania Law School, 1929-1942. In charge aviation activities, as chief international air transport division Board Economics Warfare, Washington, 1942. Chief representative S. Pacific area, 1943, special assistant to Attorney General United States in charge litigation against, Standard Oil Corporation, New Jersey, 1943-1945.
Also special adviser to Alien Property Custodian. Member civil procedural rules committee Supreme Court Pennsylvania, from 1938, chairman, 1958-1982, chairman emeritus, 1986. Chairman advising committee to the United States Commision on International Rules of Judicial Procedure, 1959-1966.
Member of advisory rules committee United States.Dist. Court, Eastern District Pennsylvania, Circuit Court of Appeals, 1939-1942. Member State Department Advisory Committee on International Private Law, 1964-1976, vice chairman, 1971-1976.
Official United States observer Hague Conference International Private Law, 1956, 60,member official delegation, 1964, 68, 72, 76, chairman delegation, 1972.
Associate trustee law school University Pennsylvania, 1959-1976. President United Community Services of Washington, 1956-1968, La Fondation de l'Ecole Française Internationale de Washington, 1966-1976. Served as Second lieutenant infantry United States Army, World War I. Member American Law Institute, Military Order Foreign Wars, American Bar Association (prize for private international law 1983), Federal Bar Association, International Bar Association, state and local bar associations, Order of Coif, Phi Kappa Phi.
Clubs: Cosmos.
Married Emilie S. Weyl, December 18, 1924. Children– Mariana B., David Werner, III. Married Helen M. Costello, June 5, 1982.