Law School
Rutgers University, J.D., 1958
Law School Graduation Year
1958
College
Rutgers University, B.A., 1955
Biographical
Honors: Doctor of Laws, honoris causa, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 1995; Doctoris Legum, honoris causa, The Richard Stockton College, 1994; Associate in Arts, honoris causa, Cumberland County College, 1994; Doctor of Laws, Rowan College, 1992; Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa, Mount Vernon College, 1984. Recipient: Commandant's Award for Public Service, United States Coast Guard, 1998; Commander's Award for Public Service, Department of the Army, 1994; Charles Dickens Society Award for Literacy in the Law, National Association of Court Reporters, 1994. Visiting Distinguished Scholar of Public Policy, The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, 1999—. Professor, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 1999—. U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Panama, 1995-1998. Member, U.S. House of Representatives, 1975-1995, Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee (Chairman) on Intellectual Property and Judicial Administration; Subcommittee (Chairman) on Crimes; Select Committee on Narcotics Abuse and Control; Select Committee on Aging, Chairman, 1993; Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. Fellow, American Bar Foundation. (Trenton Office)