Background
Tannenbaum, Samuel William was born on March 3, 1890 in New York City. Son of Max and Lena (Falk) Tannenbaum.
Tannenbaum, Samuel William was born on March 3, 1890 in New York City. Son of Max and Lena (Falk) Tannenbaum.
Bachelor of Arts, Columbia University, 1910, Master of Arts, 1912, Bachelor of Laws, 1912.
Bar: New York 1912, also Supreme Court of the United States Ct 1912. Partner Johnson & Tannenbaum (merged with Washington firm Brylauski & Cleary), 1982. Copyright counsel and consultant Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Lorimar Prodns., Warner Brothers, Paramount, Universal, W National Educational Television-13, Fuji Telecasting Company, Japan, Columbia Broadcasting System, NBC, ABC, Electric and Music Industries, Dino DeLaurentis Corporation, Dick Clark Prodns., other principal motion picture, television and radio broadcasting companies, radio and television agys., Tams-Witmark Music Library.
Arbitrator under motion picture Federal consent decree. Panel expert United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. Lecturer on copyrights and unfair competition Yale University, Columbia University, New York University, New York Law School, Practising Law Institute.
Served as ensign United States Naval Reserve Force, World War I. Member American Bar Association (chairman copyright division 1961-1962), Association Bar City New York (commission on copyrights, commission on round table conferences, municipal cts., legal education), New York County Lawyers assosiation, New York Patent Law Association, Federal Bar Association (trustee N. Y. New Jersey and Connecticut, award of Merit 1959, copyright committee), Copyright Society United States of America (founder, president, trustee), Copyright Luncheon Circle (founder).
Married Frieda M. Stone, June 4, 1922. Children: Claire F. Ollstein, Ellen Shadick.