Benjamin V. Cohen

OVERVIEW:

FULL NAME:

BORN:
September 23, 1894:
Muncie, Indiana

DIED:
August 15, 1983;
Washington, DC

EDUCATION:
University of Chicago (PhB, 1914),
University of Chicago (JD, 1915),
Harvard University Law School (SJD, 1916)

POLITICAL PARTY:
Democrat

HIGHLIGHTS:
1916-1917:
Secretary to Judge Julian Mack, U.S. Circuit Judge
1917-1919:
Attorney, U.S. Shipping Board
1919-1921:
Counsel for American Zionists at peace conference, London, England, and Paris, France
1922-1933:
Practiced Law in New York, NY
1933-1934:
Associate General Counsel, Public Works Administration
1934-1941:
General Counsel, National Power Policy Commission
1936-1938:
Special Assistant to U.S. Attorney General (regarding public utility holding legislation)
1941:
Adviser to U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain
1942-1943:
Assistant to Director, Office of Economic Stabilization
1943-1945:
General Counsel, Office of War Mobilization
1944:
Legal Advisor, International Monetary Conference, Breton Woods Conference;
Member, American Delegation, Dumbarton Oaks Conference;
Member, American Delegation, Berlin Conference;
Member, American Delegation, Council of Foreign Ministers, London, England
Member, American Delegation, Moscow Conference
Counselor, State Department
1946:
Member, American Delegation, Paris Conference
Member, American Delegation, Moscow Conference
1950:
U.S. Representative, International Court of Justice, the Hague
1952:
U.S. Representative, United Nations Disarmament Commission

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RESOURCES: 

BIOGRAPHIES:
Library of Congress
Wikipedia

RESEARCH:
Papers (Library of Congress)

OBITUARIES:
Washington Post
New York Times