Background
Wald, Robert Lewis was born on September 9, 1926 in Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Lewis and Freda Ann (Rosenfield) Wald.
Wald, Robert Lewis was born on September 9, 1926 in Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Lewis and Freda Ann (Rosenfield) Wald.
AB, Harvard University, 1947; Bachelor of Laws, Yale University, 1951.
Clerk to Judge Irving R. Kaufman United States District Court (southern district) New York, 1951-1952. Assistant to general counsel, chief division export trade Federal Trade Commission, Washington, 1954—1956. Partner Wald, Harkrader & Ross and predecessors, 1961—1987, Nussbaum & Wald, Washington, 1989—1996.
Senior counsel Baach Robinson & Lewis, since 1996. Director, trustee Washington Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights, Urban Affairs and predecessor, since 1969, co-chairman, 1976—1978. Director Romanian-American Enterprise Fund, 1994—1997, chairman, 1994—1996.
Director Global Rights and predecessor, since 1991, Frederic B. Abramson Member Foundation, since 1998. Honorary director Capital Area Immigrants' Rights Coalition, since 1999. Director International Senior Lawyers Project, since 2001.
Board management trustees International Association Women Judges, since 1997.
Served to Lieutenant United States Naval Reserve, 1944-1946, 52-53. Member American Bar Association, District of Columbia Bar Association.
Married Patricia Ann McGowan, June 22, 1952. Children: Sarah Elizabeth, Douglas Robert, Johanna Margaret, Frederica Nora, Thomas Robert.