WASSERSTROM, RICHARD ALAN, 1936-

Biography:

Lawyer, teacher. Born– January 9, 1936, in New York City. Parents– Alfred Howard and Gertrude (Kopp) Wasserstrom. Married– Phyllis Ann Levin in 1957. Children– Four. Education– Amherst College, B.A. 1957; University of Michigan, M.A., 1958, Ph.D., 1960; Stanford University, 1960. Taught philosophy at Stanford University, 1960-1962, and law, 1962-1963. Lawyer, Civil Rights Division, U.S. Dept. of Justice, 1963-1964. Dean, College of Arts and Sciences, Tuskegee University, 1964-.

Source:

Contemporary Authors, Vol. 1R

Publication(s):

The Judicial Decision. Stanford; Stanford University Press, 1961.

Philosophy and Social Issues; Five Studies. Notre Dame, University of Notre Dame Press, 1980.

Joint Publication(s):

Syllabus on Moral and Legal Aspects of Civil Disobedience. Los Angeles, Dept. of Continuing Education of the Bar, University Extension, California University, 1966.

Editor:

Morality and the Law. Belmont, Calif.; Wadsworth Pub. Co., 1971.

Today’s Moral Problems. New York; Macmillan, 1975.