Louis Marshall | |
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Born | Syracuse, New York, U.S. | December 14, 1856
Died | September 11, 1929 Zurich, Switzerland | (aged 72)
Education | Columbia Law School |
Occupation | Lawyer |
Spouse | Florence Lowenstein |
Children | James Marshall Ruth Marshall Bob Marshall George Marshall |
Louis Marshall (December 14, 1856 – September 11, 1929) was an American corporate, constitutional and civil rights lawyer as well as a mediator and Jewish community leader who worked to secure religious, political, and cultural freedom for all minority groups. Among the founders of the American Jewish Committee (AJC), he defended Jewish and minority rights. He was also a conservationist, and the force behind re-establishing the New York State College of Forestry at Syracuse University, which evolved into today's State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry (SUNY-ESF).[1]