Edward H. Levi | |
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| 71st United States Attorney General | |
| In office February 2, 1975 – January 20, 1977 | |
| President | Gerald Ford |
| Preceded by | William B. Saxbe |
| Succeeded by | Griffin Bell |
| 7th President of the University of Chicago | |
| In office 1968–1975 | |
| Preceded by | George Beadle |
| Succeeded by | John T. Wilson |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Edward Hirsch Levi June 26, 1911 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Died | March 7, 2000 (aged 88) Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse | Kate Levi |
| Children | 3, including John, David |
| Education | University of Chicago (AB, JD) Yale University (JSD) |
Edward Hirsch Levi (June 26, 1911 – March 7, 2000) was an American legal scholar and academic. He served as dean of the University of Chicago Law School from 1950 to 1962, president of the University of Chicago from 1968 to 1975, and then as United States Attorney General from 1975 to 1977 under President Gerald Ford. Levi is regularly cited as the "model of a modern attorney general",[1][2][3] the "greatest lawyer of his time",[4] and is credited with restoring order after Watergate.[5] He is considered, along with Yale's Whitney Griswold, the greatest of postwar American university presidents.[6]
A native of Chicago, Levi graduated from the University of Chicago and Yale University. He served as a special assistant to the U.S. Attorney General during World War II before returning to the University of Chicago Law School, where he was later named dean. After leaving government service in the Ford administration, Levi returned to teaching in Chicago.
- ^ Peter Lattman (December 28, 2006). "President Ford's Legal Legacy: Edward Levi". WSJ Law Blog. The Wall Street Journal.
- ^ E. J. Dionne Jr. (August 28, 2007). "Calling Ed Levi". The Washington Post.
- ^ Peter Lattman (November 9, 2007). "Michael Mukasey's Job: Be Like Ed Levi". WSJ Law Blog. The Wall Street Journal.
- ^ Richard Stern (2002-10-15). What Is What Was. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 9780226773254.
- ^ Neil A. Lewis (March 8, 2000). "Edward H. Levi, Attorney General Credited With Restoring Order After Watergate, Dies at 88". The New York Times.
- ^ George W. Liebmann. The Common Law Tradition: A Collective Portrait Of Five Legal Scholars. Transaction Publishers. ISBN 9781412836265.