Philip E. Hoffman Explained

Philip E. Hoffman (October 2, 1908 – June 6, 1993)[1] was a lawyer, former national president of the American Jewish Committee (1969 to 1973; he was also chairman of its board of governors from 1963 to 1967[2]) and an American Ambassador to the United Nations Human Rights Council from 1972 to 1975.[3]

Hoffman grew up on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, graduated in 1929 from Dartmouth College and from Yale Law School in 1932.[4] A resident of Verona, New Jersey, he died on June 6, 1993, in Livingston, New Jersey.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Philip E Hoffman. December 25, 2020.
  2. News: American Jewish Committee Holds Closing Session in State Dept. . 24 August 2020 . Jewish Telegraphic Agency . May 16, 1966.
  3. News: Philip Hoffman, Envoy To Un Rights Agency - Chicago Tribune . Articles.chicagotribune.com . 1993-06-08 . 2010-11-20 . New . York.
  4. News: Philip Hoffman, Envoy To Un Rights Agency - Chicago Tribune . Articles.chicagotribune.com . 1993-06-08 . 2010-11-20 . New . York.
  5. Pace, Eric. "P. E. Hoffman, 84, Lawyer Who Held Post on U.N. Panel", The New York Times, June 7, 1993. Accessed August 26, 2020. "Philip E. Hoffman, a lawyer who was a former United States Representative to the United Nations Human Rights Commission and a former national president of the American Jewish Committee, died yesterday in a nursing home in Livingston, N.J. He was 84 and lived in Verona, N.J."

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