1. David Sive was an American attorney, environmentalist, and professor of environmental law, who has been recognized as a pioneer in the field of United States environmental law.
13 Facts About David Sive
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David Sive graduated from Brooklyn College with a degree in political science in 1943.
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David Sive had enlisted in the US Army in 1942 and was called up in the spring of 1943 shortly before his college graduation.
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David Sive served in the front lines in Europe, including in the Battle of the Bulge, was wounded twice and awarded the Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster.
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David Sive enrolled at Columbia Law School following his discharge from the Army in the fall of 1945.
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David Sive taught litigation and environmental law for many years at Columbia Law School, and taught environmental law as a visiting faculty member at the Universities of Michigan, Wisconsin, Indiana, Utah, Hawaii, Colorado, and Washington.
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David Sive joined the faculty of Pace University Law School in 1995; the Pace Law Library houses the David Sive Manuscript Collection, for students and scholars of environmental law.
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David Sive was a leader and activist with a number of environmental organizations.
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David Sive was a founding member of Natural Resources Defense Council, the nation's leading public interest law firm in this specialty, and of the Environmental Law Institute.
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David Sive was among the lawyers representing the Sierra Club when the Internal Revenue Service abruptly ended the Club's tax-exempt status in 1966.
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David Sive was a founder of Environmental Advocates of New York, a contributing founder of Friends of the Earth, a member of the board of directors of the Hudson Valley Institute and Scenic Hudson, New York Lawyers for the Public Interest, while serving on the board of directors of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York; and a multi-year chair of the annual ALI-ABA Conference on Environmental Law.
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David Sive was the recipient of many awards, from the Environmental Law Institute, the New York State Environmental Planning Lobby, the Sierra Club, the New York State Bar Association, The Nature Conservancy, the New York State Parks and Conservation Association, the Natural Resources Defense Council, and others.
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David Sive was a prolific author and lecturer on the topics of environmental law and litigation.