Philip Heymann
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Philip B. Heymann | |
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27th United States Deputy Attorney General | |
In office May 28, 1993 – March 17, 1994 | |
President | Bill Clinton |
Preceded by | George J. Terwilliger III |
Succeeded by | Jamie Gorelick |
Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division | |
In office 1978–1981 | |
President | Jimmy Carter |
Preceded by | Benjamin R. Civiletti |
Succeeded by | D. Lowell Jensen |
Personal details | |
Born | Philip Benjamin Heymann October 30, 1932 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Died | November 30, 2021 Los Angeles, California, U.S. | (aged 89)
Political party | Democratic Party |
Spouse(s) | Ann Ross |
Children | Stephen, Jody |
Education | Yale University (B.A.) Harvard Law School, (J.D.) |
Occupation | Professor at Harvard Law School |
Profession | Attorney at Law |
Philip B. Heymann (October 30, 1932 – November 30, 2021)[1] was an American lawyer, federal prosecutor, legal scholar and law professor.
He was in charge of the Criminal Division of the Justice Department as Assistant Attorney General during the Carter administration and was briefly Deputy Attorney General in the Clinton administration.[2]
Heymann died on November 30, 2021 in Los Angeles, California from problems caused by a stroke, one month after his 89th birthday.[3]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Goldenberg, Gene (March 29, 1978). "Carter Backs City Native for Crime Post". Pittsburgh Press. p. A4. Retrieved September 6, 2016 – via Google News.
- ↑ "Philip B. Heymann". Faculty Profile. Harvard Law School. n.d. Archived from the original on January 8, 2018. Retrieved September 7, 2016.
- ↑ Seelye, Katharine Q. (November 30, 2021). "Philip B. Heymann, 89, Dies; Prosecuted Watergate and Abscam". The New York Times. Retrieved November 30, 2021.