Subdivision
| • | 502. Physicians, Theologians, Lawyers, Jurists, Architects, and Members of Other Professions | [X] |
| | 1 | Name: | The Honorable Louis H. Pollak | | | Institution: | U.S. District Court | | | Year Elected: | 2000 | | | Class: | 5. The Arts, Professions, and Leaders in Public & Private Affairs | | | Subdivision: | 502. Physicians, Theologians, Lawyers, Jurists, Architects, and Members of Other Professions | | | Residency: | Resident | | | Living? : |
Deceased
| | | Birth Date: | 1922 | | | Death Date: | May 8, 2012 | | | | | | |
Louis H. Pollak was a graduate of Harvard University (1944) and Yale Law School (1948). Following his graduation from law school, Judge Pollak clerked for Justice Wiley B. Rutledge. Between 1950 and 1955, he served as 1) an associate at the New York law firm of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison; 2) in the State Department as special assistant to Ambassador-at-Large Philip C. Jessup; and 3) as Assistant Counsel of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers. In 1955, Judge Pollak was appointed to the Yale Law School faculty where he remained until 1974, serving as dean from 1965-70. From 1974-78, Judge Pollak was a professor of law at the University of Pennsylvania, serving as dean from 1975-78. At that time, Judge Pollak was appointed as Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Upon becoming a judge, he retired from the full-time University of Pennsylvania faculty, but continued to teach a seminar as an adjunct professor. Constitutional law continued to be the principal focus of Judge Pollak's teaching and scholarly interests. From 1950 until he became a judge, he was associated with the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, first as one of the volunteer lawyers assisting Thurgood Marshall in Brown v. Board of Education, and later as a board member and vice president. Judge Pollak also has been a member of the Council of the American Law Institute since 1978. In addition to his duties on the bench, he continued to write, including the most recent, "Marbury v. Madison: What Did John Marshall Decide and Why?," published in the Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, Volume #1, March 2004. Judge Pollak was elected to membership in the American Philosophical Society in 2000. He died on May 8, 2012, at age 89, at his home in West Mount Airy. | |
| 2 | Name: | The Honorable Patricia McGowan Wald | | | Institution: | Open Society Justice Initiative; War Crimes Tribunal for for former Yugoslavia (The Hague) & U.S. Court of Appeals | | | Year Elected: | 2000 | | | Class: | 5. The Arts, Professions, and Leaders in Public & Private Affairs | | | Subdivision: | 502. Physicians, Theologians, Lawyers, Jurists, Architects, and Members of Other Professions | | | Residency: | Resident | | | Living? : |
Deceased
| | | Birth Date: | 1928 | | | Death Date: | January 12, 2019 | | | | | | |
Patricia M. Wald received her B.A. from Connecticut College for Women and was a 1951 graduate of the Yale Law School. From 1999-2001, Judge Wald served as a judge on the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) at The Hague. Prior to her tenure on the ICTY, she was on the District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals from 1979-99 and was the Chief Judge from 1986-91. As the first woman to serve on the appeals court, she was known for handling cases involving the rights of women, children and the poor. From 1977-79 she was Assistant Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Legislative Affairs. Before that she practiced public interest law, was an associate of Arnold and Porter and was a member of national and local criminal policy commissions. Judge Wald was a council member (1978-2009) and was Vice President of the American Law Institute from 1988-98. Later in her life she was a member of the Board of Directors of the Open Society Justice Initiative, for which she was formerly a chair. She also served on the President's Commission on Intelligence Capabilities, the independent body that examined U.S. intelligence gathering in light of the war in Iraq. She traveled and consulted with Eastern European judicial and legal organizations as a representative of the Central and Eastern European Law Initiative-American Bar Association. Patricia Wald wrote extensively on judicial administration, women's rights, international and comparative law, legislative history, criminal procedure, juvenile law, administrative law (environmental review), judicial ethics, and mental health law. Important decisions in which she took part include cases involving children's television programming and protest demonstrations at abortion clinics. Judge Wald was elected to membership in the American Philosophical Society in 2000. She was awarded the 2013 Medal of Freedom by President Barack Obama. She died on January 12, 2019 in Washington, DC at the age of 90. | |
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