Laurence Silberman

Laurence Silberman
Official portrait, c. 1969–1970
Chair of the Iraq Intelligence Commission
In office
February 6, 2004 – March 31, 2005
Serving with Chuck Robb
PresidentGeorge W. Bush
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Judge of the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review
In office
June 18, 1996 – May 18, 2003
Nominated byWilliam Rehnquist
Preceded byRobert W. Warren
Succeeded byRalph K. Winter Jr.
Senior Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
In office
November 1, 2000 – October 2, 2022
Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
In office
October 28, 1985 – November 1, 2000
Nominated byRonald Reagan
Preceded bySeat established by 98 Stat. 333
Succeeded byBrett Kavanaugh
United States Ambassador to Yugoslavia
In office
May 8, 1975 – December 26, 1976
PresidentGerald Ford
Preceded byMalcolm Toon
Succeeded byLawrence Eagleburger
14th United States Deputy Attorney General
In office
January 20, 1974 – April 6, 1975
President
Preceded byWilliam Ruckelshaus
Succeeded byHarold R. Tyler Jr.
United States Under Secretary of Labor
In office
1970–1973
PresidentRichard Nixon
Preceded byJames Day Hodgson
Succeeded byRichard F. Schubert
United States Solicitor of Labor
In office
1969–1970
PresidentRichard Nixon
Preceded byCharles Donahue
Succeeded byPeter Nash
Personal details
Born
Laurence Hirsch Silberman

(1935-10-12)October 12, 1935
York, Pennsylvania, U.S.
DiedOctober 2, 2022(2022-10-02) (aged 86)
Washington, D.C., U.S.
Political partyRepublican
Spouses
  • (died 2007)
  • Patricia Winn
    (m. 2008)
Children3, including Robert
Education
AwardsPresidential Medal of Freedom (2008)

Laurence Hirsch Silberman (October 12, 1935 – October 2, 2022) was an American jurist and diplomat who served as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit from 1985 until his death. He was appointed in October 1985 by President Ronald Reagan and took senior status on November 1, 2000. On June 11, 2008, President George W. Bush awarded Silberman the Presidential Medal of Freedom.[1]

  1. ^ "Statement by the Press Secretary". georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov. Archived from the original on July 31, 2017. Retrieved September 2, 2017.