Education
He graduated from Crane Technical High School, where he made the acquaintance of other young men who would become famous in their own right: authors Meyer Levin and Leo Rosten and newspaper magnate Leo Lerner. Afterwards, he attended the University of Chicago and its law school. He received his law degree in 1930 and went to work in the firm of the well-connected Jacob Arvey. He would remain there for another 14 years.
He remained involved in education throughout his life, teaching a civil rights class at John Marshall Law School until his death.
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Famous quotes containing the word education:
“Law without education is a dead letter. With education the needed law follows without effort and, of course, with power to execute itself; indeed, it seems to execute itself.”
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