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Arthur J. Goldberg was sworn in as new Permanent Representative of the United States to the United Nations on July 28, 1965. |
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Mr. Goldberg served previously as Secretary of Labor in the United States Government and as Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. |
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Arthur J. Goldberg was born in Chicago on 8th of August 1908. He received his elementary education in that city and later obtained the degrees of Bachelor of Science in Law in 1929 and Doctor of Jurisprudence in 1930 from Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois. He was Editor-in-Chief of the Illinois Law Review. |
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From 1929 to 1948, Mr. Goldberg was engaged in law |
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practice in Chicago, and was a member of the firm of Goldberg, Devoe, Shador and |
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Mikva of Chicago from 1945 to 1961. He also practiced law with Goldberg, Feller and Bredhoff in Washington, D.C., from 1952 to 1961. During World War II, he served as Special Assistant with the Office of Strategic Services. |
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He served as General Counsel for the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) from 1948 to 1955, for the United Steel Workers of America from 1948 to 1961 and for the Industrial Union Department from 1951 to 1961. He was Special Counsel for the AFL-CIO from 1955 to 1961 and also served as Legal Adviser to several industrial unions. |
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Mr. Goldberg served as Secretary of Labor in President Kennedy's Cabinet during 1961 and 1962 before being appointed to the United States Supreme Court on 29 August 1962. He took his seat on the Supreme Court on 1 October 1 1962. He has contributed various articles to legal and other publications in the United States, and has written several books, including "AFL-CIO, Labor United". |
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He is married and has two children, a son and a daughter. |
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