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Charles A. Reich
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Charles Alan Reich
May 20, 1928 New York City, New York, U.S.
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| Died | June 15, 2019 (aged 91) San Francisco, California, U.S.
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| Alma mater | Oberlin College (BA) Yale University (LLB) |
| Occupation | Lawyer, professor, writer |
| Employer | Cravath, Swaine & Moore Arnold & Porter Yale Law School University of California, Santa Barbara University of San Francisco |
| Known for | The Greening of America (1970) |
Charles Alan Reich (pronounced RYSHE; born May 20, 1928 – died June 15, 2019) was an American teacher and writer. He is most famous for his 1970 book, The Greening of America. This book celebrated the ideas of the counterculture of the 1960s. Parts of the book were first printed in The New Yorker magazine. This helped the book become a bestseller on The New York Times list.
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Early Life and Education
Charles Reich was born in New York City. His family worked in medicine. He went to schools in New York City, including City and Country School and Lincoln School.
College and Law School
After high school, he studied at Oberlin College. He earned his first degree (a Bachelor of Arts) in 1949. Later, he went to Yale University to study law. He was the main editor of the Yale Law Journal from 1951 to 1952.
Working for the Supreme Court
After law school, Charles Reich worked for a very important judge. He was a clerk for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Hugo L. Black from 1953 to 1954. During this time, he also became friends with another Justice, William O. Douglas. Reich wrote about this friendship in his own life story.
Career as a Lawyer
Before becoming a professor, Reich worked as a lawyer for six years. He worked at well-known law firms. These included Cravath, Swaine & Moore in New York and Arnold & Porter in Washington, D.C.
Academic Career
Charles Reich became a professor at Yale Law School in 1960. He taught there until 1974.
Influence on Law
His ideas, especially from his paper "The New Property," were very important. They helped the Supreme Court change how it thought about property rights. This was seen in a major legal case called Goldberg v. Kelly.
Famous Students
Many future leaders were students of Charles Reich. These included Bill Clinton, Samuel Alito, and Hillary Clinton. They were his students when he was writing The Greening of America. His influence on them is mentioned in their biographies.
Later Teaching Years
Reich left Yale in 1974 and moved to San Francisco. However, he continued to teach as a visiting professor from 1974 to 1976. He returned to teach at Yale again from 1991 to 1994. He also taught there for a short time in February 2011. In 2008, the Yale Law School Association gave him their Award of Merit.
Later Life and Death
Charles Reich passed away in San Francisco on June 15, 2019.
See also
- List of law clerks of the Supreme Court of the United States (Seat 1)
