Schmidt, Benno Charles, Jr.

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SCHMIDT, Benno Charles, Jr.

SCHMIDT, Benno Charles, Jr. American, b. 1942. Genres: Education, History, Law. Career: Chairman, The Edison Project, New York, N.Y., 1992-. University President, and Professor of Law, Yale University, New Haven, Conn., 1986-92. Director, National Humanities Center, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, since 1985. Law Clerk for Chief Justice Earl Warren, U.S. Supreme Ct., Washington, D.C., 1966-67; Special Assistant, Assistant Attorney General's Office of Legal Counsel, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., 1967-69; Dean of Law School, 1984-86, and Harlan Fiske Stone Professor of Constitutional Law, 1969-86, Columbia University, NYC. Publications: Freedom of the Press versus Public Access, 1974; (with A. M. Bickel) The Judiciary and Responsible Government, 1910-1921, 1985. Address: Edison Schools, 521 5th Ave 11th Fl, New York, NY 10175, U.S.A.

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