Sigmund Timberg

Background

Timberg, Sigmund was born on March 5, 1911 in Antwerp, Belgium. Son of Arnold and Rose (Mahler) Timberg. came to the United States, 1916, naturalized, 1921.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Columbia University, 1930; A.M., Columbia University, 1930; Bachelor of Laws, Columbia University, 1933.

Career

Senior attorney, solicitors' office, Department Agriculture, 1933-1935; chief, soil conservation section, Department Agriculture, 1935-1938; staff member, Temporary National Economics Committee, 1938-1939; senior attorney, Securities and Exchange Commission, 1938-1942; chief, property relations and industrial organization division, reoccupation branch, Board Economics Warfare and Foreign Economics Administration, 1942-1944; special assistant to attorney general, antitrust division, Department Justice, 1944-1945; chief judgments and judgment enforcement section, Department Justice, 1946-1952; secretary, United Nations Committee on Restrictive Business Practices, 1952-1953; consultant, United Nations, 1953-1955, 62-64; private law practice, 1954-1988. Professor of law Georgetown University Law School, 1952-1954. Faculty Parker School Comparative Law, Columbia University, 1967-1980.

Special counsel Senate Military Affairs Subcommittee on Surplus Property Legislation, 1944. Member Mission for Economics Affairs, American Embassy, London, 1945. Delegate Anglo-American TelecommunicationsConf., Bermuda, 1945, Geneva Copyright Conference, 1952.

Consultant Senate Patents Subcommittee, 1961, United Nations Patents Study, 1962-1964, Organization of American States, 1970. Member of advisory commission on federal policy on industrial innovation, patent and information policy sub committee, 1978-1979, advising committee on international investment, technical and development, 1979-1985.

Achievements

• Sigmund Timberg has been listed as a reputable Lawyer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American Bar Association, District of Columbia Bar Association, International Bar Association, International Law Association, American Society International Law, Washington Foreign Law Society, American Law Institute, Association Bar City New York, Copyright Society of America, Cosmos Club (Washington), Philosophy Club (Washington).

Connections

Married Eleanor Ernst, September 22, 1940. Children— Thomas Arnold, Bernard Mahler, Rosamund and Richard Ernst (twins).

Father:

Arnold Timberg

Mother:

Rose (Mahler) Timberg

Spouse:

Eleanor Ernst

child:

Rosamund and Richard Ernst Timberg (twins)

child:

Bernard Mahler Timberg

child:

Thomas Arnold Timberg