22 Facts About Michael Sovern

Michael Sovern was a noted legal scholar of Labor Law and an expert in employment discrimination.

Michael Sovern returned to Columbia as a visiting professor in 1957 and then joined the permanent faculty, becoming the youngest full professor in the University's history in 1960.

Michael Sovern has mediated for New York City in transit worker contract negotiations, as well as firefighter and police disputes.

Michael Sovern was a law consultant for Time magazine for fifteen years.

Michael Sovern served as Special Counsel to Governor Brendan Thomas Byrne of New Jersey from 1974 to 1977.

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Michael Sovern was the co-chairman of the Second Circuit commission on Reduction of Burdens and Costs in Civil Litigation from 1977 to 1980, chairman of the New York City Charter Revision Commission from 1982 to 1983 and chairman of the State-City Commission on Integrity in Government in 1986.

Michael Sovern became Dean of the Law School in 1970 and was named Executive Vice President of Academic Affairs and Provost in 1979.

Michael Sovern stepped down as president in 1993 and returned to the faculty at Columbia Law School.

Michael Sovern received honorary doctorates from Tel Aviv University, the University of Southern California and Columbia.

Outside of law and academia, Michael Sovern was president of the Shubert Foundation and served on numerous boards, including Comcast Communications, the Shubert Organization, the Asian Cultural Council, and Atlantic Philanthropies.

Michael Sovern served as chairman of Sotheby's Holdings, Inc from 2000 to 2012, American Academy in Rome from 1994 to 2005, the Japan Society from 1993 to 2005, and the National Advisory Council for the Freedom Forum Media Studies Center.

Michael Sovern was a member of the: American Bar Association, Council on Foreign Relations, Bar Association of the City of New York, American Philosophical Society, American Law Institute, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Michael Sovern was a founding member of the board of directors of Mobilization for Youth's Legal Services Unit; the Mexican-American Legal Defense Fund; the Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund; Helsinki Watch and AMFAR, the American Foundation for AIDS Research.

Michael Sovern was married four times: to the former Lenore Goodman in 1953, to the former Eleanor Leen in 1963, to the former Joan Rosenthal Wit in 1974, and finally to Dr Patricia Margaret Walsh in 1995.

Michael Sovern was the father of two daughters, Elizabeth and Julie, and two sons, Jeff and Douglas.

Jeff Michael Sovern is a professor of law at St John's University and a graduate of Columbia University and Columbia Law School.

Doug Michael Sovern was an award-winning news reporter for KCBS Radio in San Francisco and maintained the sovernnation political blog.

Michael Sovern was a musician, playing bass in the Eyewitness Blues Band.

Michael Sovern died on January 20,2020 at the age of 88 from amyloid cardiomyopathy.

Michael Sovern received numerous awards and distinctions, including the Commendatore Order of Merit from the government of Italy and the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star from Japan.

Michael Sovern was a recipient of the Alexander Hamilton medal from Columbia College in 1993.

Michael Sovern has received the Town Hall Friend of the Arts Award.