Philip Perlman

Philip Benjamin Perlman ( born March 5, 1890 in Baltimore, Maryland, † July 31, 1960 in Washington DC ) was an American politician (Democratic Party), lawyer and United States Solicitor General.

Biography

After visiting the Baltimore City College in 1908, originally from a Jewish family Perlman studied at the Johns Hopkins University and then law at the School of Law of the University of Maryland, where in 1912 he made the statements. Already during his studies he worked as a journalist for The Baltimore Evening Sun in 1910, initially with reporters and then 1913-1917 as editor of the local section. In 1911 he was admitted as a lawyer in Maryland.

1917 he was appointed assistant to the Attorney General of Maryland, before he was then 1920-1923 State Secretary ( Secretary of State ) and Finance ( State Treasurer ) of Maryland. After a subsequent work as a Solicitor of Baltimore from 1923 to 1926, he worked as a lawyer. He also became involved socio-politically as a board member of the United Jewish Welfare rides (Associated Jewish Charities ), the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra as well as the trustee ( Trustee ) of the Baltimore Museum of Art

After the end of World War II Philip Perlman was appointed by U.S. President Harry S. Truman to the Solicitor General in July 1947 and held that post until August 1952. In this role, he decreed on 15 February 1951, the temporary suspension of executions of seven condemned the so-called Einsatzgruppen process after intervention by their counsel, Warren Magee in Washington.