| 1 | Name: | Mr. Kent Greenawalt | |
| Institution: | Columbia University | ||
| Year Elected: | 1992 | ||
| Class: | 3. Social Sciences | ||
| Subdivision: | 304. Jurisprudence and Political Science | ||
| Residency: | Resident | ||
| Living? : | Deceased | ||
| Birth Date: | 1936 | ||
| Death Date: | January 27, 2023 | ||
R. Kent Greenawalt is Affiliated Professor of Law at Columbia University. The university conferred its topmost academic rank, "University Professor," on Dr. Greenawalt in 1990, a distinction borne simultaneously by no more than four professors throughout the university. A jurisprudential scholar who has thought freshly about vexing problems of our era, Dr. Greenawalt has long studied constitutional law and jurisprudence, with special emphasis on church and state, freedom of speech, civil disobedience, and criminal responsibility. Before joining the Columbia faculty in 1965, Dr. Greenawalt served as law clerk to Supreme Court Justice John Harlan. He has also been involved with organizations such as the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights and the American Civil Liberties Union. Dr. Greenawalt's many publications include Conflicts of Law and Morality (1987), Speech, Crime, and the Uses of Language (1989), and Private Consciences and Public Reasons (1995). He is a member of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences and has served as Deputy U.S. Solicitor General (1971-72) and as president of the American Society for Political and Legal Philosophy (1991-93). | |||