Edward H. Levi

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1911 – 2000

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Who was Edward H. Levi?

Edward Hirsch Levi was an American academic leader, scholar, and statesman who served as United States Attorney General. He is regularly cited as the "model of a modern attorney general," the "greatest lawyer of his time," and considered, along with Yale's Whitney Griswold, the greatest of postwar American university presidents. He is credited with restoring order after Watergate.

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Born
Jun 26, 1911
Chicago
Also known as
  • Edward Levi
Spouses
Children
Religion
  • Judaism
Ethnicity
  • Jewish people
Education
  • University of Chicago
  • Yale University
  • Yale Law School
  • University of Chicago Law School
Employment
  • University of Chicago
Died
Mar 7, 2000
Chicago

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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