Background
Coleman, William Thaddeus was born on July 7, 1920 in Germantown, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of William Thaddeus and Laura Beatrice (Mason) Coleman.
Coleman, William Thaddeus was born on July 7, 1920 in Germantown, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of William Thaddeus and Laura Beatrice (Mason) Coleman.
Bachelor of Arts summa cum laude, University of Pennsylvania, 1941; Bachelor of Laws magna cum laude, Harvard University, 1943.
Law secretary, Judge Herbert F. Goodrich, United States Court of Appeals, 3d Circuit, 1947-1948;
law secretary, Justice Felix Frankfurter (Associate Justice of the Supreme Court United States), 1948-1949;
associate, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, New York City, 1949-1952;
associate, Dilworth, Paxson, Kalish, Levy & Green, Philadelphia, 1952-1956;
partner, Dilworth, Paxson, Kalish, Levy & Coleman, 1956-1975;
secretary, Department Transportation, Washington, 1975-1977;
senior counsellor, O'Melveny & Myers, Washington, Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York City, Tokyo, London
senior counsellor, O'Melveny & Myers, Hong Kong, Shanghai, China, since 1977. Special counsel for transit matters City of Philadelphia, 1952-1963. Representative attorney general Pennsylvania and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in litigation to remove racial restrictions at Girard College, 1965.
Member President's Committee on Government Employment Policy, 1959-1961. Consultant Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, 1963-1974. Senior consultant, assistant counsel President's Commision on Assassination of President Kennedy, 1964.
Co-chairman planning sessions White House Conference to Fulfill These Rights, 1965-1966. Member United States.del. 24th Session United Nations General Assembly, 1969.
Member legal advising committee Council on Environmental Quality, 1970. Public member President's National Commision on Productivity, 1970. Commissioner Price Commission, 1971-1972, Phila Fairmount Park Commission, 1967-1975.
Member Governor's Commision on Constitutional Revision, 1963-1965.
Chairman board National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Legal Defense and Ednl. Fund; vice president, trustee, member Executive Committee Philadelphia Museum Art. Trustee Brookings Institution.
Member Trilateral Commission. Member Executive Committee Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law. Board overseers Harvard University, 1975-1981.
Board directors, advisory director New York City Ballet. Fellow American College Trial Lawyers. Member American Academy Appellate Lawyers, Am.Law Institute (county), Philadelphia Bar Association (past chairman judicial committee), American Arbitration Association (governor), Council Foreign Rels., French Legion Honor (officer), Order of Coif, Phi Beta Kappa, Pi Gamma Nu (Wickersham award 1997), Harvard Law School Club, Cosmos Club, Alfalfa Club, Junior Legal Club (Philadelphia), Metropolitan Club (Washington).
Married Lovida Hardin, February 10, 1945. Children: William Thaddeus III, Lovida Hardin Junior, Hardin L.