13 Facts About Walter Gellhorn

Walter Fischel Gellhorn was an American legal scholar and professor.

Walter Gellhorn's sister was the war correspondent and novelist Martha Gellhorn, and his younger brother Alfred was an oncologist and dean of the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine.

Walter Gellhorn graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from Amherst College in 1927, and graduated with a Bachelor of Laws from Columbia Law School in 1931.

Walter Gellhorn served as judicial clerk to Harlan F Stone from 1931 to 1932, and was admitted to the bar of New York in 1932.

Walter Gellhorn resigned from the OPA on September 11,1943.

Walter Gellhorn was awarded a Doctor of Humane Letters degree from Amherst in 1951 and an honorary Legum Doctor degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 1963.

Walter Gellhorn was president of the Association of American Law Schools in 1963.

In 1945 Walter Gellhorn became professor, and in 1957 he became Betts Professor of Law.

Walter Gellhorn was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1961 and the American Philosophical Society in 1965.

In 1975, Gellhorn retired to emeritus status, and the May 1975 issue of the Columbia Law Review was dedicated to him, with articles praising him written by Michael I Sovern, Harry W Jones, Harold Leventhal, Erwin N Griswold, and Jack Greenberg.

Walter Gellhorn served on the Administrative Conference of the United States from 1968 until his death, and was honored at the evening reception at its June 1988 plenary session.

Walter Gellhorn died on December 9,1995, at his home in Morningside Heights, Manhattan.

Walter Gellhorn was survived by his wife; his two daughters, Ellis and Gay; and his three grandchildren.