Background
Polier, Shad was born on March 18, 1906 in Aiken, South Carolina, United States. Son of Harris Louis and Fanny (Cohen) Polier.
Polier, Shad was born on March 18, 1906 in Aiken, South Carolina, United States. Son of Harris Louis and Fanny (Cohen) Polier.
Bachelor of Science, University South Carolina., 1926. Bachelor of Laws, Harvard, 1929, Master of Laws, 1931.
Admitted to New York bar, 1931. Member firm Polier, Tulin, & Clark, New York City. Trial, review attorney National Labor Relations Board, 1937-1940.
Director fuel and consumer goods enforcement division OPA, 1943-1944. Public member War Labor Board, New York region, 1944-1945. Member Citizens Committee on Children of New York City.
Honorary secretary, member Executive Committee Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture. Counsel Northside Center for Child Development. Counsel Louise Wise Services.
Director, member Executive Committee Conference Jewish Material Claims against Germany. Director Jewish Restitution Successor Organisation. Member board Metropolitan Applied Research Center.
Served with Army of the United States, 1942. Member New York County Bar Association, Association Bar City New York, American Veterans Committee, American Bar Association, American Arbitration Association, N.A.A.C.P. (legal and educational fund Executive Committee), World (member governing council, budget chairman), American (honorary chairman governing council) Jewish congresses, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Justine Wise, March 26, 1937. Children: Stephen W., Trudy H. (Mistress Festinger), Jonathon.