Pierce, Samuel R., 1922-2000

LC control no.	n 81026887
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Pierce, Samuel R., 1922-2000 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Pierce, Samuel R., 1922- Pierce, Samuel Riley, 1922-2000 Pierce, Samuel Riley, Jr., 1922-2000
Birth date	19220908
Death date	20001031
Place of birth	Glen Cove, N.Y.
Place of death	Washington, D.C.
Affiliation	Cornell University Cornell Law School New York University. School of Law United States. Department of the Treasury United States. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Profession or occupation	Lawyers Public officers
Found in	U.S. Cong. S. Committee on Finance. Nominations. Hearings ... 1970 U.S. Cong. Senate. Com. on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Nomination of Samuel R. ... 1981 (subj.) t.p. (Samuel R. Pierce, Jr., to be Secretary of the Dept. of Housing and Urban Development) p. 43 (Samuel Riley Pierce, Jr.; b. 9-8-22) Wikipedia, Sept. 25, 2015: Samuel Pierce (Samuel Riley Pierce, Jr., b. Sept. 8, 1922 in Glen Cove, New York; d. Oct. 31, 2000, in Washington D.C.; graduated from Cornell University in 1947 and received a law degree from Cornell Law School in 1949; earned a master of laws degree from New York University School of Law in 1952; assistant United States attorney in New York from 1953 to 1955; appointed by Governor Nelson Rockefeller to serve as a judge in New York City, 1959-1960; general counsel for the Department of the Treasury during the Nixon presidency, 1970-1973; argued before the United States Supreme Court on behalf of Martin Luther King Jr. and the New York Times in the important First Amendment case styled New York Times v. Sullivan; first African-American to become partner in a major New York law firm; first African-American to serve on the board of directors of a Fortune 500 company; Ronald Reagan's Secretary of Housing and Urban Development from Jan. 23, 1981 until Jan. 20, 1989)