Linowitz, Sol M., 1913-2005

Lawyer, diplomat, U.S. presidential advisor, and businessman.

From the description of Sol M. Linowitz papers, 1778-1999 (bulk 1946-1995). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71060260

Lawyer, government official.

From the description of Reminiscences of Sol Myron Linowitz : oral history, 1983. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309727043

From the description of Reminiscences of Sol Myron Linowitz : oral history, 1976. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122528256

Biographical Note

• 1913, Dec. 7: Born, Trenton, N.J.
• 1935: A.B., Hamilton College, Clinton, N.Y.
• 1938: J.D., Cornell Law School, Ithaca, N.Y.
• 1938 - 1942 : Lawyer, Sutherland and Sutherland, Rochester, N.Y.
• 1939: Married Evelyn Zimmerman
• 1942 - 1944 : Assistant general counsel, Office of Price Administration
• 1944 - 1946 : Lieutenant, United States Naval Reserve
• 1946 - 1958 : Partner, Sutherland, Linowitz and Williams, Rochester, N.Y.
• 1947: Counsel, Haloid Co., Rochester, N.Y.
• 1951: Vice president in charge of patents and licensing, Haloid Co.
• 1951 - 1959 : Founder and moderator, “Court of Public Opinion,” public affairs television program, Rochester, N.Y.
• 1957: Member, board of directors, Rank Xerox, London, England
• 1958 - 1966 : Senior partner, Harris, Beach, Wilcox, Dale and Linowitz, Rochester, N.Y.
• 1959: Chairman, executive committee, and general counsel, Haloid Xerox, Inc.
• 1961 - 1966 : Chairman of the board, Xerox Corp.
• 1962: Chairman, Advisory Committee on International Organizations, State Dept.
• 1964: Cofounder, with David Rockefeller, International Executive Service Corps.
• 1965: Member, President's General Advisory Committee on Foreign Assistance Programs
• 1966: Chairman, Xerox International, Inc.
• 1966 - 1969 : Ambassador, Organization of American States
• 1969 - 1984 : Senior partner, Coudert Brothers, Washington, D.C.
• 1970 - 1973 : Chairman, National Urban Coalition
• 1974 - 1976 : Chairman, Commission on United States-Latin American Relations
• 1977 - 1978 : Co-negotiator with Ellsworth Bunker, Panama Canal treaties
• 1978 - 1980 : Chairman, Presidential Commission on World Hunger
• 1979 - 1981 : Personal representative of the president for Middle East peace negotiations
• 1981 - 1992 : Founding chairman, Inter-American Dialogue
• 1984 - 1994 : Senior counsel, Coudert Brothers, Washington, D.C.
• 1985: Published his memoirs, The Making of a Public Man. Boston: Little, Brown and Co.
• 1998: Awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom
• 2005, March 18: Died, Washington, D.C.

From the guide to the Sol M. Linowitz Papers, 1778-1999, (bulk 1946-1995), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)