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Melvin I. Urofsky
Urofsky in 2009
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Melvin I. Urofsky is an American historian, and professor emeritus at Virginia Commonwealth University.[1]

He received his B.A. from Columbia University in 1961 and doctorate in 1968.[2] He also received his JD from the University of Virginia.[3] He teaches at American University and George Washington University Law School.[4][5]

Works

  • Big Steel and the Wilson Administration: A Study in Business-Government Relations, Columbus, Ohio: Ohio University Press, 1969. OCLC 1131951106
  • The Supreme Court Justices: A Biographical Dictionary, London: Routledge, 1994. ISBN 9780815311768
  • American Zionism from Herzl to the Holocaust, Lincoln Univ. of Nebraska Press, 1995. ISBN 9780803295599
  • Louis D. Brandeis: A Life, New York: Pantheon Books, 2009. ISBN 9780375423666[6]
  • Dissent and the Supreme Court: Its Role in the Court's History and the Nation's Constitutional Dialogue, New York: Pantheon Books, 2015. ISBN 9780307379405
  • The Affirmative Action Puzzle: A Living History from Reconstruction to Today, Pantheon 2020, ISBN 9781101870877 [7][8][9]

References

  1. ^ "Melvin I. Urofsky | Penguin Random House".
  2. ^ Meyer, Eugene. "Melvin I. Urofsky '61 Sets the Bar for Studying Brandeis".
  3. ^ "Melvin I. Urofsky '61 | Columbia College Today".
  4. ^ "Adjunct Professor". American University. Retrieved 2020-08-11.
  5. ^ "Melvin I. Urofsky". www.law.gwu.edu. Retrieved 2022-07-14.
  6. ^ Liptak, Adam (2009-09-20). "How Brandeis, Revered or Hated, Became a Giant of the Supreme Court". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-02-11.
  7. ^ Patterson, Orlando (2020-01-30). "Affirmative Action: The Uniquely American Experiment". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-02-11.
  8. ^ Patterson, Orlando (2020-02-02). "Affirmative action in US politics". Business Standard India. Retrieved 2020-02-11.
  9. ^ Menand, Louis (9 January 2020). "The Changing Meaning of Affirmative Action". The New Yorker. Retrieved 2020-02-11.


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