Background
Schlesinger, Rudolf Berthold was born on October 11, 1909 in Munich, Germany. Son of Morris and Emma (Aufhauser) Schlesinger.
Schlesinger, Rudolf Berthold was born on October 11, 1909 in Munich, Germany. Son of Morris and Emma (Aufhauser) Schlesinger.
Doctor Juris, University Munich, 1933. Bachelor of Laws, Columbia University, 1942. Doctor Juris (honorary), University Trento, 1994.
Law secretary to, Chief Judge Irving Lehman, New York Court Appeals, 1942-1943;
confidential law secretary, Judges New York Court Appeals, 1943-1944;
associate, Milbank, Tweed, Hope & Hadley, New York City, 1944-1948;
associate professor, Cornell Univercity, 1948-1951;
professor, Cornell Univercity, 1951-1975;
William N. Cromwell professor international and comparative law, Cornell Univercity, 1956-1975;
professor, Hastings College Law, University of California, since 1975;
visiting professor, Hastings College Law, University of California, 1974. Cons. New York State Law Review Commission, since 1949. Member of advisory committee international rules of judicial procedure, 1959-1966.
Visiting professor Columbia, 1952, SalzburgSeminar, 1964. Charles Inglis Thomson distinguished visiting professor U. Colorado, summer 1976.
Trustee Cornell Univercity, 1961-1966. Member American Law Institute (life), American Bar Association, International Academy ComparativeLaw, Phi Beta Kappa, Order of Coif. M C.
Married Ruth Hirschland, September 4, 1942. Children: Steven, June, Fay.