- Boris Bittker
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birth_date = birth date|1916|11|28
birth_place =Rochester, New York
death_date = death date and age|2005|9|8|1916|11|28
death_place =New Haven, Connecticut
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fields =Tax law
workplaces =Yale Law School
alma_mater =Cornell University
Yale Law School
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footnotes =Boris I. Bittker (
November 28 ,1916 –September 8 ,2005 ) was a prominentUnited States legal academician. A professor atYale Law School , Bittker was a prolific author, writing many textbooks and over one hundred articles ontax law .Born in
Rochester, New York , Bittker attendedCornell University ('38) and Yale Law School ('41). After law school, Bittker clerked for JudgeJerome Frank of theUnited States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit . From 1942 to 43 Bittker worked as an attorney for theLend-Lease Administration inWashington, D.C. During the next two years Bittker fought and was wounded inWorld War II , receiving aPurple Heart . Returning from Europe, Bittker went back to government service, working for the Office of theAlien Property Custodian .Bittker reluctantly returned to his alma mater as an Assistant Professor in 1946. Eventually he gained tenure in 1951, became a Southmayd Professor in 1958, and
Sterling Professor of Law in 1970. By the time Bittker retired from teaching in 1983 to pursue scholarship full time, his was one of the most recognizable names on the illustrious roster of Yale's faculty.Bittker was also a dedicated
environmentalist , serving as a trustee of theNatural Resources Defense Council .Bittker was married to Anne (died on
February 2 ,1997 ) and had two children, Susan and Daniel.Publications (selection)
*cite book |title=Federal Taxation of Income, Estates and Gifts |last=——— |first= |authorlink= |coauthors=Lokken, Lawrence |year=1981 |publisher=Warren, Gorham & Lamont |location=Boston |isbn=0882624601 |pages=
*cite book |title=Federal Income Taxation of Corporations and Shareholders |last=——— |first= |authorlink= |coauthors=Eustice, James |year=1987 |edition=5th edition |origyear=1959 |publisher=Warren, Gorham & Lamont |location=Boston |isbn=0887129919 |pages=
*cite journal |last=——— |first= |authorlink= |coauthors= |year=1987 |month= |title=Constitutional Limits on the Taxing Power of the Federal Government |journal=The Tax Lawyer |volume=41 |issue=1 |pages=3 |id= |url= |accessdate= |quote=References
*cite journal |last=Pollak |first=Louis H. |authorlink=Louis H. Pollak |coauthors= |year=2006 |month= |title=Remembering Boris |journal=
Yale Law Journal |volume=115 |issue= |pages=745 |id= |url= |accessdate= |quote=
*cite journal |last=Simon |first=John G. |authorlink= |coauthors= |year=2006 |month= |title=Let Us Count the Ways: A Tribute to Boris Bittker |journal=Yale Law Journal |volume=115 |issue= |pages=751 |id= |url=http://www.yalelawjournal.org/pdf/115-4/Simon.pdf |accessdate= |quote=
* [http://www.law.yale.edu/YLR/pdfs/v53-1/531bittker.pdf Yale Law School obituary]
* [http://www.law.yale.edu/news/2061.htm YLS Mourns Death of Boris I. Bittker; Memorial Service Scheduled Dec. 11]
*Anne Bittker Obituary, 2/27/97New York Times B10
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