Background
Stern, Philip Maurice was born on May 24, 1926 in New York City. Son of Edgar Bloom and Edith (Rosenwald) Stern.
("To Bill Wirtz/ With the most profound / admiration for a...)
"To Bill Wirtz/ With the most profound / admiration for an exceptional / public servant redering an exceptional service/ / and with the / deepest affection/ from one who is/proud to be your/friend/ Phil Stern" From the DJ: How five people had incomes of $5 million - but paid no tax. How one person had $20 million of income - but paid no tax. How one oil multimillionare has paid no tax since 1949. How loopholes cost the taxpayers $40 billion every year. A wonderful association copy of a book whose sunject matter could not be more timely!
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Stern, Philip Maurice was born on May 24, 1926 in New York City. Son of Edgar Bloom and Edith (Rosenwald) Stern.
AB magna cum laude, Harvard, 1947. Postgraduate, Georgetown University Law Center, 1976. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Colgate University, 1974.
Reporter, editorial writer New Orleans Item, 1948. Legislative assistant United States Republican Henry M. Jackson, 1949-1950, United States Senator Paul Douglas, 1951-1952. Personal assistant Wilson W. Wyatt, campaign manager to Adlai E. Stevenson, 1952.
Director research Democratic National Committee, also senior editor Democratic Digest, 1953-1956. Editor Northern Virginia Sun, Arlington, 1957-1960, editor, public, 1960. Deputy assistant secretary of state for public affairs, 1961-1962.
Magazine writer, author, 1962-1992. Special assignment reporter, national staff Washington Post, 1974-1975. Founder Fund for Investigative Journalism, 1968, Stern Community Law Firm, Stern Concern., 1970, Center for Public Financing of Campaigns, 1975-1976, Citizens for Common Sense in National Defense, 1982, Americans for Fair Elections, 1983, Project for Investigative Journalism on Money in Politics, 1983.
Founder, co-chairman Citizens Against PACs, 1984. Commentator In the Public Interest, 1979-1985, National Public Radio, 1985.
("To Bill Wirtz/ With the most profound / admiration for a...)
(Stern's moving examination of poverty in the late 20th ce...)
(The Oppenheimer Case: Security on Trial By Philip M. Ster...)
Delaware Democratic National Convention, 1968. Director Council on Foundations, 1964-1969. President Stern Fund, 1963-1976, Philip M. Stern Family Fund., 1969-1992.
Member Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Helen Phillips Burroughs Sedgwick, August 30, 1957. Children: Henry D., Michael P., Helen P., David M., Eve. Married Nellie L. Gifford, June 14, 1975.
Married Helen Markel, February 9, 1980.