Background
Dennis, Samuel Elliott was born on February 5, 1929 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Arthur E. and Dorothy (Grossman) Dennis.
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Samuel Elliott Dennis
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Bachelor of Science in Economics, University of Pennsylvania, 1951; Bachelor of Laws, University of Pennsylvania, 1954.
Career
Law clerk to Honorary Horace Stern, Pennsylvania Supreme Court, 1954; instructor Law School, University of Pennsylvania, 1957-1959; partner, Dennis, Lichtenstein, Cohen & Dennis, 1956-1964; special deputy attorney general, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 1962-1963; partner, Meltzer & Schiffrin (merger Fox Rothschild O'Brien Frankel), 1964-1986; senior partner, Fox, Rothschild, O'Brien & Frankel, Philadelphia, since 1986.
Achievements
Membership
Board of directors Jewish Community Centers, Boys Town Jerusalem, Daroff Campus Young Men’s Hebrew Association. Trustee J. Wood Platt Caddie Scholarship Trust. Former trustee Pop Warner Little Scholars.
Former board directors Philadelphia chapter American Jewish Congress. Former chairman Hahnemann Hospital Institute of Human Communications. Former president Philadelphia Junior Bar Association.
Active various charitable and community organizations With United States Army Counter Intelligence, 1954-1956. Member American Bar Association, Pennsylvania Bar Association, Philadelphia Bar Association.
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Married Patricia Benn, September 3, 1953. Children: Judy, Ellen, Michael.
