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Board of Directors
Honorable Arnold I. Burns
Chairman
The QuanStar Group, LLC
Deputy Attorney General of the United States (1986-1988)
Education:
- A.B., Union College, Schenectady, New York, 1950
- J.D., Cornell Law School, Ithaca, New York, 1953
- Postgraduate, Parker School of International Law, NY
Professional
January 2, 2004 - Chairman, the QuanStar Group, LLC, NY
February 1, 1999 - Managing Director, Arnhold and S. Bleichroeder, Inc.,
July 2, 1988 - January 31, 1999 - Practicing lawyer and a senior partner - Proskauer Rose LLP, NY
July 24, 1986 to April 22, 1988 - Deputy Attorney General U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC
January 6, 1986 to July 24, 1986 - Associate Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC
1960 to December 1985 - Practicing lawyer and Chairman of the Management Committee of Bums, Summit, Rovins and Feldesman, NY
Professional Associations
Member of the American Bar Association
Member of the New York State Bar Association
Member of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York
Member of the New York County Lawyers' Association
Member of the Federal Bar Association
Member of the Cornell Law Association
Bar Admissions
New York Bar, 1953
Supreme Court of the United States, 1958
District of Columbia Bar, 1978
Other Federal Courts
Military Service
U.S. Army, 1953-1957, Pvt to Captain, Judge Advocate
General's Corps
Recent Awards
Founders Medal, Union College
Distinguished Alumnus Medal, Union College
Distinguished Alumnus, Cornell University
Honorary Degree, Hofstra University
Herbert Hoover Humanitarian Award; President's Medal of Honor - Boys & Girls Clubs of America
Presidents Medal - Boys & Girls Clubs of America
Ellis Island Medal of Honor
Human Relations Award, Anti-Defamation League
Rainbow Award, National Center for Missing & Exploited Children
Corporate Board Affiliations
Member Board of Directors, New Valley Corporation
Member Advisory Board, Century Council
Member Advisory Board, Edison Schools
Charitable Organizations
Chairman Board of Trustees of Union College, 1982-1986; Life Member
Co-Chairman Cornell Law School Capital Campaign
Chairman Board of Directors Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge, 1983-1987; Member and presently Vice Chairman
Chairman Elect and member National Board of Governors, Boys & Girls Clubs of America
National Commission, Anti-Defamaton League of B'nai Brith
Chairman, International Centre for Missing and Exploited Children
Member and Vice Chairman Board of Directors, National Center for Missing & Exploited Children
Former Chairman, Council for Unity Former
Chairman, The National Center for Victims of Crime
Member Board of Directors, Institute for Civil Justice at Rand
Member Board of Directors of the Visiting Nurse Service of New York
Member Board of Directors, Council of Governing Boards
Member American Arbitration Association, Panel of Arbitrators
Member Dean's Advisory Council, Cornell Law School and Hofstra Law School
Member Council for Excellence in Government
Member Legal Policy Advisory Board, Washington Legal Foundation
Member New York State Departmental Judicial Screening Committee
Former Member Standing Committee on Federal Judiciary, American Bar Association
Former Chairman, NYC Commission on Youth Empowerment Services
Former Member, NYC Commission to Combat Police Corruption
Biographical Publications
Biography in Who's Who in America, Who's Who in American Law, Who's Who in American Jewry and a number of other such publications
Social Clubs
Army & Navy Club (Washington, DC) Friars Club (New York, NY) Metropolitan Club (Washington, DC) New York Athletic Club (New York, NY)
Hobbies
Boating, fishing, tennis, gardening, collecting porcelain figures and figurines, and collecting nautical artifacts
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