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| | '''Arthur Joseph Goldberg''' was born on August 8, 1908, in [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]]. He died January 19, 1990. He was active in the Civil Liberties Committee. He was briefly a member of the far-left [[National Lawyers Guild]]. Goldberg had established a name for himself in the [[Democratic Party]] by 1960, and was becoming an important figure in national politics. President [[John F. Kennedy]] appointed him to be [[Secretary of Labor]] in 1961. Then, in 1963, after Justice [[Felix Frankfurter]] resigned from the [[Supreme Court]] because of poor health, Kennedy nominated Goldberg to fill the empty seat. Goldberg took his place on the bench in September 1962. | | '''Arthur Joseph Goldberg''' was born on August 8, 1908, in [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]]. He died January 19, 1990. He was active in the Civil Liberties Committee. He was briefly a member of the far-left [[National Lawyers Guild]]. Goldberg had established a name for himself in the [[Democratic Party]] by 1960, and was becoming an important figure in national politics. President [[John F. Kennedy]] appointed him to be [[Secretary of Labor]] in 1961. Then, in 1963, after Justice [[Felix Frankfurter]] resigned from the [[Supreme Court]] because of poor health, Kennedy nominated Goldberg to fill the empty seat. Goldberg took his place on the bench in September 1962. |
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| | *1908- Born, Chicago, IL | | *1908- Born, Chicago, IL |
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| − | *1929- B. S. L., Northwestern University | + | *1929- B. S. L., [[Northwestern University]] |
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| | *1929- Admitted to Illinois State Bar | | *1929- Admitted to Illinois State Bar |
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| | *1929-1941- Practiced law privately | | *1929-1941- Practiced law privately |
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| − | *1930- J.D., Northwestern University | + | *1930- J.D., [[Northwestern University]] |
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| | *1937- Admitted to Supreme Court Bar | | *1937- Admitted to Supreme Court Bar |
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| | *1945-1961- General Counsel, Congress of Industrial Organizations | | *1945-1961- General Counsel, Congress of Industrial Organizations |
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| − | *1948-1961- General Counsel, United Steel Workers of America | + | *1948-1961- General Counsel, [[United Steel Workers of America]] |
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| − | *1955-1961- Special Counsel and General Counsel of Industrial Union Department, AFL-CIO | + | *1955-1961- Special Counsel and General Counsel of Industrial Union Department, [[AFL-CIO]] |
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| − | *1961-1962- U.S. Secretary of Labor | + | *1961-1962- U.S. [[Secretary of Labor]] |
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| | *1962-1965- Associate Justice of the Supreme Court | | *1962-1965- Associate Justice of the Supreme Court |
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| | *1965-1968- U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations | | *1965-1968- U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations |
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| − | *1968-1969- Charles Evans Hughes Professor, Princeton University | + | *1968-1969- Charles Evans Hughes Professor, [[Princeton University]] |
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| | *1968-1990- Chairman, Truman Center for the Advancement of Peace | | *1968-1990- Chairman, Truman Center for the Advancement of Peace |
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| − | *1969-1970- Distinguished professor, Columbia University | + | *1969-1970- Distinguished professor, [[Columbia University]] |
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| | *1970- Defeated as Democratic candidate for governor of New York | | *1970- Defeated as Democratic candidate for governor of New York |
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| − | *1971-1973- University Professor of Law and Diplomacy, American University | + | *1971-1973- University Professor of Law and Diplomacy, [[American University]] |
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| − | *1974-1990- Visiting Distinguished Professor, Hastings College of the Law | + | *1974-1990- Visiting Distinguished Professor, [[Hastings College of the Law]] |
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| | *1977- United States Ambassador to the Belgrade Conference on Human Rights | | *1977- United States Ambassador to the Belgrade Conference on Human Rights |