Background
Linowitz, Sol Myron was born on December 7, 1913 in Trenton, New Jersey, United States. Son of Joseph and Rose (Oglenskye) Linowitz.
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Linowitz, Sol Myron was born on December 7, 1913 in Trenton, New Jersey, United States. Son of Joseph and Rose (Oglenskye) Linowitz.
AB, Hamilton College, 1935. Juris Doctor, Cornell University, 1938. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Allegheny College.
Doctor of Laws (honorary), Amherst College. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Bucknell University. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Babson Institute.
Doctor of Laws (honorary), Brandeis University. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Colgate University. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Curry College.
Doctor of Laws (honorary), Dartmouth College. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Elmira College. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Georgetown University.
Doctor of Laws (honorary), Hamilton College. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Hebrew Union College. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Ithaca College.
Doctor of Laws (honorary), Marietta College. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Johns Hopkins University. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Oberlin College.
Doctor of Laws (honorary), St. John Fisher College. Doctor of Laws (honorary), St. Lawrence University. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Jewish Theological Seminary.
Doctor of Laws (honorary), Washington University, St. Louis. Doctor of Laws (honorary), University Miami. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Muskingum College.
Doctor of Laws (honorary), Notre Dame University. Doctor of Laws (honorary), University Pacific. Doctor of Laws (honorary), University Pennsylvania.
Doctor of Laws (honorary), Rutgers University. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Pratt Institute. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Rider College.
Doctor of Laws (honorary), Roosevelt University. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Chapman College. Doctor of Laws (honorary), University Michigan.
Doctor of Laws (honorary), Governors State University. Doctor of Laws (honorary), University Missouri. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Syracuse University.
Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), American University. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Loyola University. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), University Rochester.
Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Yeshiva University. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), University Judaism. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Wooster College.
Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), University Haifa.
Assistant General Counsel, Office of Price Administration, Washington 44. Officer, Office of General Counsel, Navy Department 1944-1946. Former Partner, Harris, Beach, Wilcox, Dale & Linowitz.
General Counsel, Chairman Board and Chairman Executive Committee Xerox Corporation 1958-1966. Chairman Board and Chief Executive Officer Xerox Institute 1966. Chairman National Urban Coalition 1970-1975.
President Federation City Council 78. President Carter to Middle East negotiations 1979-1981. Chairman Presidential Committee on World Hunger 1978-1979.
Head of Commission, for United States-Latin American Relations. Co-Chairman Inter-American Dialogue. Fellow, American Academy, of Arts and Sciences.
Chairman American Academy, of Diplomacy 1984-1989. Honorary Chairman Academy, for Education Development since 1986. Trustee, Cornell University, Hamilton College, Johns Hopkins University, American Assembly.
Honorary degrees (Doctor of Laws and L.H.D.) from 40 colls, and universities.
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Author: The Betrayed Profession, 1994, (memoir) The Making of a Public Man, 1985, This Troubled Urban World, 1974. Contributor articles to professional journals.
Trustee Hamilton College (life), Cornell University (emeritus), Johns Hopkins University (emeritus), American Assembly. Chairman board overseers, board directors Jewish Theological Seminary, 1971-1979. Lieutenant United States Naval Reserve, 1944-1946.
Fellow American Academy Arts and Sciences. Member American Association for United Nations (president New York State), Rochester Association for United Nations (president 1952), Rochester Chamber of Commerce (president 1958), American Bar Association, New York Bar Association, Rochester Bar Association (vice president 1949-1950), American Association United Nations (board directors), Council on Foreign Relations, Order of Coif, Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi.
Violin.
Married Evelyn Zimmerman, September 3, 1939. Children: Anne, June, Jan, Ronni.