Background
Wels, Richard Hoffman was born on May 3, 1913 in New York City. Son of Isidor and Belle (Hoffman) Wels.
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Richard Hoffman Wels
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Bachelor of Arts, Cornell, 1933; Bachelor of Laws, Harvard University, 1936; postgraduate, U. Arizona, 1944.
Career
Special assistant district attorney, New York Company, 1936-1937;
associate, Handel & Panuch, New York City, 1937-1938;
member legal staff, assistant to chairman, Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, 1938-1942;
special assistant attorney general, United States and special assistant United State Attorneys, 1941-1942;
special counsel, Committee Naval Affairs, United States House of Representatives, 1943;
special counsel, Sea-Air Commission, National Federation American Shipping, 1946;
trustee, secretary, William Alanson White Institute Psychiatry, New York City, from 1946;
vice chairman, director, American Parents Committee
member, Moss & Wels, 1946-1957;
member, Moss, Wels & Marcus, 1957-1968;
member, Sulzberger, Wels & Marcus, 1968-1972;
member, Moss, Wels & Marcus, 1972-1978;
member, Sperry, Weinberg, Wels, Waldman & Rubenstein, 1979-1984;
partner, Wels & Zerin, 1985-1990;
general counsel, Bowling Proprs. Association American, 1956-1967;
general counsel, New York State Bowling Proprs. Association
general counsel, American Academy Psychoanalysis
commissioner, Interprofl.
Comn. on Marriage and Division. Lecturer Practising Law Institute. Director H-R Television, Inc., Belgrave Capital Corporation, Broadcast Data Base, Inc., Belgrave Securities Corporation.
Chairman of the Board Governors Islands Research Foundation. Board of Governors, chairman, trustee DaytopVillage, Inc. Chairman of the board of trustees Bleuler Psychotherapy Center.
Trustee New York State School Psychiatry, Margaret Chase Smith Library, Skowhegan, Maine.
Achievements
Membership
Vice chairman American Jewish Committee, member national executive board, until 1990. Served from ensign to lieutenant United States Naval Reserve, 1942-1946. Member staff Under Secretary Forrestal, 1943-1944.
In 1944-1946, P.T.O. Member American Bar Association (finance officer, member council American family law section), New York State Bar Association (chairman family law section), New York City Bar Association, American Academy Matrimonial Lawyers (governor), American Legion, Naval Order United States, Military Order World Wars, Federal Bar Association, Reserve Officers Association, Association International Criminal Court Practitioners, Federal Communications Bar Association, Pi Lambda Phi, Sphinx Head. Clubs: Harmonie (governor), Harvard, Cornell (New York City). National Lawyers (Washington).
Sunningdale Country (Scarsdale, New York ), Statler (Ithaca, New York ).
Connections
Married Marquerite Samet, December 12, 1954. Children: Susan, Amy.
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January 4, 1990 (aged 76) -
Resting place
Buried Mount Hope Cemetery -
Nationality
American