Philip B. Kurland

Philip B. Kurland (October 22, 1921 – April 16, 1996) was an American legal scholar.

Kurland was a Brooklyn native, born on October 22, 1921.[1] He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1942, and attended Harvard Law School. Kurland served as editor of the Harvard Law Review in 1944.[1] He became a law clerk for Jerome Frank, and served Felix Frankfurter in the same role from 1946 to 1947.[2] Kurland worked for the United States Department of Justice, and began his legal practice in New York City before starting his teaching career at Indiana University.[2] Kurland was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1949.[3] The next year, he joined the Northwestern University faculty.[4] He left Northwestern for the University of Chicago in 1953. Shortly after Kurland began teaching at Chicago, the law school's dean Edward H. Levi called him, which resulted in a lifelong friendship.[5] Kurland was promoted to full professor in 1956, and appointed to the William R. Kenan Jr. Professorship in 1973, followed by designation as a distinguished service professor in 1977.[6] He founded the Supreme Court Review in 1960,[6] serving as the journal's editor until 1988.[2] Kurland died at Bernard Mitchell Hospital on April 16, 1996, aged 74, while seeking treatment for pneumonia.[1][2][6]

References
  1. "Philip B. Kurland, 74, Scholar Who Ruled on Nixon Tapes". New York Times. April 18, 1996. Retrieved February 8, 2019.
  2. Heise, Kenan (April 18, 1996). "Philip Kurland, constitutional scholar". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved February 8, 2019.
  3. "Philip B. Kurland". John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Retrieved 8 February 2019.
  4. "Guide to the Philip B. Kurland. Papers 1943-1996 (bulk: 1950-1992)". University of Chicago Library. Retrieved February 8, 2019.
  5. Levi, David F. (1997). "In Memoriam Philip B. Kurland". The University of Chicago Law Review. 64 (1). JSTOR 1600195.
  6. "Obituary: Philip Kurland, College and Law School". University of Chicago. April 25, 1996. Retrieved February 8, 2019.
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