Milton R. Konvitz

Milton R. Konvitz

Milton Konvitz was a former Cornell University faculty member. He died September 5, 2003 at the age of 95.

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Early Life, Education and Early Career

He was born in 1908 in Safed, Palestine (now Israel), and was the son of a rabbi. In 1915, he immigrated to the United States, becoming a citizen in 1926. He studied at New York University, where he received his bachelor's degree in 1929 and in 1930 a law degree. In 1933, he received a Ph.D. in philosophy from Cornell. Prior to joining Cornell's faculty, he worked at the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, where he was one of three assistant general counsels to Thurgood Marshall.

Academic career

Konvitz was a professor in Cornell's Law School and a founding faculty member of School of Industrial and Labor Relations. He retired in 1973. He was an authority on constitutional and labor law, and on civil and human rights, coining the term "civil liberties." He was famous for teaching a class called American Ideals at Cornell for many years; it was based in the College of Arts and Sciences and regularly drew enrollments in the many hundreds, with the eventual total exceeding over 8,000. Young Ruth Bader, later Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg, was one of those students.

Konvitz was one of the founder's of Cornell's Department of Near Eastern Studies and of its Program of Jewish Studies. He and his wife, the former Mary Traub, often hosted Jewish students and others.

A professorship in his name was dedicated with funds from former students and others; Ross Brann is the current Milton Konvitz Professor of Judeo-Islamic Studies.

Liberian Codification Project

Working with Chief Justice James A. A. Pierre of the Supreme Court of Liberia, Konvitz, for nearly 30 years, drew up the body of statutory laws in the Republic of Liberia. He also edited the opinions of Liberia's Supreme Court. As a token of thanks for his work he received the Grand Band of the Order of the Star of Africa, as well as an honorary degree from the University of Liberia.

Personal life

Konvitz was married for over 50 years to the former Mary Traub. Their son Josef is an official of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), based in Paris, where he lives with his wife, Isa. Their sons, Eli and Ezra, live in London.

Published Works

  • A Century of Civil Rights ISBN 9780313241239
  • The Constitution and Civil Rights
  • Fundamental Liberties of a Free People: Religion, Speech, Press, Assembly ISBN 9780313201042
  • The American Pragmatists : Selected Writings edited by Milton Ridvas Konvitz ISBN 9780758183286
  • Judaism and Human Rights
  • Fundamental Rights
  • Emerson: A Collection of Critical Essays
  • Torah and Constitution: Essays in American Jewish Thought
  • The American Pragmatists, edited by Milton R. Konvitz and Gail Kennedy
  • The Alien and the Asiatic in American Law
  • Expanding Liberty: Freedom's Gains in Postwar America
  • Religious Liberty
  • Nine American Jewish Thinkers
  • Bill of Rights Reader: Leading Constitutional Cases
  • Judaism and the American Idea
  • Civil Rights in Immigration
  • The Legacy of Horace M. Kallen
  • First Amendment Freedoms: Selected Cases on Freedom of Religion, Speech, Press, Assembly
  • On the Nature of Value: The Philosophy of Samuel Alexander
  • Aspects of Liberty: Essays Presented to Robert E. Cushman, by Milton R. Konvitz and Clinton Rossiter
  • The Recognition of Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • Essays in Political Theory
  • Liberian Code of Laws Revised
  • Profane Religion and Sacred Law

Books and Articles About

  • Rights, Liberties, and Ideals: The Contributions of Milton R. Konvitz, by David Joseph Danelski
  • Biography - Milton Ridvas Konvitz (1908–2003), from Contemporary Authors
  • Milton R. Konvitz, z"l.: from Midstream
  • A Guide to the Papers of Milton R. Konvitz, School of Industrial Relations, Cornell University

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