Personal Life
Tatel is a member of the National Academy of Sciences' Committee of Science, Technology, and Law; the American Philosophical Society; and the National Academy of Education. He chaired the Board of The Spencer Foundation from 1990 to 1997, the Board of The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching from 2005 to 2009, and served on the Board of Equal Justice Works. Tatel and his wife, Edith, have four children and eight grandchildren.
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