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Edward Hirsch Levi

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

Edward Hirsch Levi , 1911-2000, American lawyer, legal educator, and public official, b. Chicago, grad. Univ. of Chicago and Yale Univ. law school. Long associated with the Univ. of Chicago, he was a professor of law there (1945-75), founded (1958) its prestigious Journal of Law and Economics, was dean of the law school (1950-62), provost (1962-68), and president (1968-75). He served as President Gerald Ford's attorney general (1975-77) and did much to restore credibility to the position after the scandals of the Nixon years. He returned to the Univ. of Chicago as Glen A. Lloyd Distinguis... Read more

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	Current and Former U.S. Government Officials to Hold Commemoration Ceremony Honoring Attorney General Edward H. Levi ; ...Ceremony Honoring Attorney General Edward H. Levi And Announcing The Creation Of The Edward H. Levi Award For Outstanding Professionalism...administration of Attorney General Edward H. Levi and announce the creation of the... Read more
	New Award Created to Honor Former Attorney General Edward H. Levi ; ...administration of Attorney General Edward H. Levi in a ceremony today, and announces the creation of the Edward H. Levi Award for Outstanding Professionalism...integrity of the Department. The Edward H. Levi Award for Outstanding Professionalism... Read more
	Chicago's Edward Levi was a pillar of the law Series: -DATELINE- ; His legacy is simple justice. Edward H. Levi, whose life will be celebrated Thursday afternoon in...decade younger than himself. Ford then named Stevens. Edward H. Levi was always there when his country needed him. America... Read more
	Edward Levi Dies at 88; U.S. Attorney General After Watergate ; Edward H. Levi, 88, the bow-tie-wearing legal scholar and university administrator who was credited with setting a standard for integrity and... Read more
	HIGHLIGHTS OF THE YEAR ; FEBRUARY: University of Chicago President Edward H. Levi is sworn in as President Gerald Ford's attorney general. Elijah Muhammad, who led the Nation of Islam for more than 40 years, dies... Read more
	New attorney general must put law -- not the president -- first ; In 1975, President Gerald Ford named Edward H. Levi, the president of the University of Chicago, as attorney general. Eulogizing Levi 25 years later, Ford said that in the aftermath... Read more
	CONGRESS AND THE COURTS:DAVID P. CURRIE ; 00-00-0000 Congress, the Courts, and the Constitution David P. Currie Edward H. Levi Distinguished Service Professor University of Chicago Law School Statement to the House Judiciary Committee January 29, 1998 The... Read more
	Levi lifted attorney general position after Watergate ; ...lifted attorney general position after Watergate New York Times, Associated Press Thursday, March 9, 2000 Chicago -- Edward H. Levi, who began his association with the University of Chicago as a 5- year-old in a special kindergarten there and became... Read more
	Giuliani Pals Chertoff and Mukasey: Putting the Squeeze on Civil Liberties? ; EVEN BEFORE HE was sworn in as the nation's 81st attorney general-the second Jewish one, after Edward H. Levi-Michael Mukasey had soared to the top of "The Forward 50." The Nov. 12 edition of the Jewish weekly counted him first among equals... Read more
	DEATHS ; ...authority on taxation, bankruptcy and corporate reorganization, died of cancer Dec. 18 at his home in Chicago. He was the Edward H. Levi Distinguished Service Professor at the University of Chicago Law School. Mr. Blum wrote several articles on taxation... Read more

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