Sidney B. Silverman

Who is Sidney B. Silverman?

Sidney B. Silverman was a trial lawyer specializing in stockholder actions. He began in 1957 and retired in 2001. Silverman lectured before legal and business groups. In the fall of 1983, he was appointed an adjunct professor at Yale University.

After retiring from law, Silverman enrolled in the Graduate School of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Columbia University. Attending classes only in the fall semester, at age seventy four, he obtained a Masters with a concentration in philosophy. Buoyed by his success in graduate school, he turned to chess, a game he had played for many years. A rank amateur, he sought to become a master, a lofty sounding title but not a high rank in chess circles. Silverman was tutored by Lev Alburt, an International Chessmaster, the highest rank in chess. Despite Alburt’s valiant efforts, Silverman failed. He did obtain a chess rating, a low one far below that of master.

Upon closing chapters in law, philosophy and chess, Silverman opened a new one as an author. He published two books, a memoir: A Happy Life: From Courtroom to Classroom and a novel, What Money Can Buy.