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1903
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Milton Handler born October 8 to George and Raye Handler in New York City
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1920
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Milton Handler graduated from Boy's High in Brooklyn
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1924
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Graduated from Columbia College, English Major, Phi Beta Kappa
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1926
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Graduated from Columbia Law School, editor of Columbia Law Review, winner of Ordroneaux Prize
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1926-27
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Law Clerk to Supreme Court Justice Harlan Fiske Stone, worked with Justice Stone on U.S vs. Trenton Potteries Co.
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1927
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Admitted to New York State Bar, appointed Assistant Lecturer in Law at Columbia University School of Law
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1928
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Appointed Lecturer in Law at Columbia University School of Law
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1929
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Spring - Resigned to practice with Chadbourne, Stanchfield, and Levy, Fall - Recalled to Columbia Law as Assistant Professor
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1932
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Married Marion W. Kahn on December 21
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1933-34
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Commuted to Washington as General Counsel to National Labor Board, served as special adviser to Department of Agriculture
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1933-37
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Research consultant, New York State Law Revision Commission
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1935
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Promoted to Associate Professor; Daughter, Carole Enid born
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1937-48
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Reorganized and served as President of New York Majestic Corporation (West Side Apartment Complex)
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1938-40
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Special Assistant to General Counsel, U.S. Treasury Department
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1942-43
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Assistant General Counsel to Lend-lease Administration
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1943-44
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Special Counsel to Foreign Economic Administration
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1944
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Associate Public Member of National War Labor Board
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1948-72
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Annual Anti-Trust Reviews given at the Association of the Bar, New York City
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1951
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Joined firm of Kaye, Scholer, Fierman and Hayes
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Marion Handler died
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1953-55
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Member Attorney General's National Commission to study Anti-trust Laws
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1954
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Awarded Bicentennial Silver Medal by Columbia University
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1955
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Married Miriam Adler
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1956-57
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Guest Lecturer, Buffalo Law School
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1956-66
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Chair, Special Commission to Study NY State Anti-trust Legislation
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1957
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Partner, Kaye, Scholer, Fierman, Hays, and Handler
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1963
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Guest Lecturer on American Law, University of Leiden
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1963
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Scopus Award from American Friends of Hebrew University
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1965 |
Degree of Doctor of Laws (Honoris Causa) conferred from Hebrew University, Jerusalem
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1972
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Retired from teaching after 45 years, named "Professor Emeritus"
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1973
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Columbia Law Review devote March Issue to Milton Handler, "Mr. Anti-trust"
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1974
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Milton Handler Chair in Trade Regulation established at Columbia University School of Law
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1975
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Handler Auditorium on Mt. Scopus at Hebrew University dedicated
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1976
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Medal of Excellence awarded by Columbia Law Alumni
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1977
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Outstanding Research in Law and Government Award from Fellows of American Bar Association
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1979
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Human Relations Award of the Lawyers Division of the Anti-Defamation League Appeal
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1980
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Joseph M. Proskauer Award from Lawyers' Division of United Jewish Appeal
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1988
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John Sherman Award from the Antitrust Division of the U.S Justice Department
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1995
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Columbia College awards Milton Handler its John Jay Award
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1995
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Milton Handler establishes the Milton Handler Research Fund at Columbia Law School
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1996 |
The Milton Handler Rare book and Manuscript reading room is opened in the Arthur W. Diamond Law Library
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1998
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Dies in New York City on November 10, several days after suffering a stroke
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