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Walter Fischel Gellhorn (September 18, 1906 – December 9, 1995) was an American legal scholar and professor.
11 de dez. de 1995 · Walter Gellhorn, the longtime Columbia University law professor whose writings, teachings and periodic sallies into the public arena helped shape key elements of modern American law, died on...
professor at Columbia University for sixty-three years, Walter Gellhorn was a towering figure in the American academy and in American public life, of world renown, esteem, admiration, affection, and friendship.
Gellhorn, Walter (b. 18 September 1906 in St. Louis, Missouri; d. 9 December 1995 in New York City), legal scholar, author, and educator who was a major influence on the practice of administrative law and a staunch proponent of civil rights.
Walter Gellhorn had been a primary figure in administrative law and at Columbia for thirty-five years when I arrived here twenty-five years ago, hoping to establish a scholarly career. Yet it is impossible to recall any expectations I might have had about my relationship with him at the time.
- Peter L. Strauss
WALTER GELLHORN: A JUDICIAL APPRECIATION How much do we owe Walter Gellhorn, we in the worlds of law and government? To count the ways, we would need a computer rather than an abacus. Over and above his landmark studies and books, which have led to honors heaped on him, including the unprecedented two-time award of Har-
Walter Gellhorn of Columbia University, one of the nation's leading law authorities, champion of civil rights and pioneer in the modern study of law, died Saturday, December 9, at his home on Morningside Heights in Manhattan. He was 89.
