Laurence H. Silberman

Laurence Silberman

Laurence Hirsch Silberman (born October 12, 1935 in York , Pennsylvania ) is an American diplomat , judge and professor who was, among other things, Deputy US Attorney General .

Life

Studies and promotion to Deputy Attorney General

After attending school, Silberman first studied at Dartmouth College and graduated in 1957 with a Bachelor of Arts (BA). After completing his military service in the US Army , he studied law at the Law School of Harvard University between 1958 and 1961, completing this degree with a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.).

After that he was a lecturer at the Law School of the University of Hawaii from 1962 to 1963 , before he worked as a lawyer . In 1969 he entered the government service, was first a solicitor and then from 1970 to 1973 Undersecretary of Labor in the US Department of Labor ( Undersecretary of Labor ).

Then the Republicans affiliated Silberman 1974 as Deputy Attorney General Deputy Minister of Justice, before he was ambassador to the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia from 1975 to 1977 during the presidency of Gerald Ford .

When Democratic President Jimmy Carter took office in 1977, he left government service and was a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute , a conservative think tank in Washington, DC , for only one year. He was then a visiting fellow between 1978 and 1985 and beyond 1979-1983 vice president of strategic planning, legal and government affairs, Crocker National Bank . In addition to working on the Defense Policy Board Advisory Committee, an advisory body to the US Department of Defense , he was also involved in the American Council of Trustees and Alumni , the Federalist Society, and the advisory body of the National Strategy Information Center.

Judge at the US Court of Appeals and Iraq Intelligence Commission

In October 1985, Silberman judge at the court responsible for the District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals ( US Court of Appeals ) and held that role until the transfer to the so-called senior status in November 2000. During this time he worked in 2003, among others in the process District of Columbia v. Brighter with.

In addition to his work as a judge, he also held several teaching positions in law in the following years and was first professor at Georgetown University from 1987 to 1994 and then from 1995 to 1996 at New York University (NYU). During a renewed professorship at Georgetown University from 1997 to 1999, he was also a professor at the Law School of Harvard University in 1998.

In February 2004 he was named co-chair of the Commission on the Intelligence Capabilities of the United States Regarding Weapons of Mass by US President George W. Bush together with Chuck Robb , a former Democratic governor of Virginia and US Senator , until May 2005 Destruction , a commission to investigate US intelligence on weapons of mass destruction in Iraq . Other members of the Commission were the senator for Arizona , John McCain , former White House Counsel , Lloyd Cutler , former president of the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, Patricia Wald , president of Yale University , Rick Levin , the former director of the National Security Agency , Bill Studeman , the president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology , Charles Marstiller Vest; and the former president of the Rand Corporation , Henry Rowen .

In 2008 he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom for his services , one of the two highest civilian awards in the United States , along with the equal gold medal of honor of the Congress .

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SURNAME	Silberman, Laurence H.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Silberman, Laurence Hirsch (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American diplomat, judge, and professor
DATE OF BIRTH	October 12, 1935
PLACE OF BIRTH	York , Pennsylvania