William Thaddeus Coleman Jr.

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William Thaddeus Coleman Jr. was a prominent American lawyer, civil rights advocate, and public official who served as the U.S. Secretary of Transportation under President Gerald Ford.

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William T. Coleman Jr. 1

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instanceOf United States Cabinet member
civil rights advocate
human
public official
academicDegree Bachelor of Arts
Bachelor of Laws
appointedBy Gerald Ford
awardReceived Harvard Law School Medal of Freedom
Philadelphia Award
Presidential Medal of Freedom
Spingarn Medal
barAdmission New York Bar
Pennsylvania Bar
clerkOf Felix Frankfurter
Judge Herbert F. Goodrich
conflict World War II
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1920-07-07
dateOfDeath 2017-03-31
educatedAt Germantown High School
Harvard Law School
University of Pennsylvania
University of Pennsylvania Law School (attended before Harvard)
ethnicGroup African Americans
linked to: Black Americans
familyName Coleman
fullName William Thaddeus Coleman Jr.
givenName William
languagesSpoken English
memberOf American Law Institute
NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund board of directors
Order of the Coif
Republican Party (United States)
linked to: Republican Party
militaryBranch United States Army Air Forces
notableFor being one of the first African American U.S. Cabinet members
being one of the first African American U.S. Supreme Court law clerks
civil rights litigation
clerkship with Justice Felix Frankfurter
service in the Ford administration
transportation policy
notableWork co-author of "Brief for the United States as Amicus Curiae" in Loving v. Virginia
memoir "Counsel for the Situation"
participation in Brown v. Board of Education legal team
numberOfChildren 3
occupation author
corporate director
judge
lawyer
public official
officeEndTime 1977-01-20
officeStartTime 1975-03-07
placeOfBirth Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
linked to: Philadelphia
placeOfDeath Alexandria, Virginia, United States
positionHeld United States Secretary of Transportation
judge of the United States Court of Military Commission Review
member of the United States Commission on Civil Rights
president of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund board
precededBy Claude S. Brinegar
religion Presbyterianism
linked to: Presbyterian
sexOrGender male
spouse Lovida Hardin Coleman
succeededBy Brock Adams
workedFor Dilworth, Paxson, Kalish, Kohn & Dilks
NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe
O’Melveny & Myers (as senior counsel)
linked to: O'Melveny & Myers

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Brock Adams precededByAsSecretaryOfTransportation William Thaddeus Coleman Jr.
William Thaddeus Coleman Jr. fullName William Thaddeus Coleman Jr.
Coleman hasNotableBearer William T. Coleman Jr.
linked to: William Thaddeus Coleman Jr.