610 610 610 610 610 610 610 548 610 610 389 556 333 610 556 777 He was previously married to Lucinda Franks and Martha Pattridge. Associated Addresses 4682 Dodgewood Rd, Bronx, NY 10471 18 Dodge Hall, New York, NY 10027 97 Clarence D Lane Rd, Windham, NY 12496 Show More (+) He joined the U.S. Navy one day after graduating Amherst College in 1941 and spent 4 years in the service during World War II, earning the rank of lieutenant commander while seeing action aboard destroyers in the Mediterranean and the Pacific. 610 556 556 556 556 500 556 500 333 1000 666 333 1000 0 610 0 Mrs. Morgenthau was born in Wayzata, Minn., and gradua ted in 1941 from Smith Col lege. He was married to Lucinda Franks and Martha Pattridge. His first wife, the former Martha Pattridge, died of cancer in 1972. Hayk grew up in Yerevan and decided that he wanted to go to school in America. [2], From the his earliest days, the Morgenthau family was well-connected politically. In his twenty-five years in office, he supervised 3.5 million cases, including the high profile trials of subway vigilante Bernard Goetz; the Central Park "Preppie Killer" Robert Chambers; the Central Park Jogger case; the Bank of Credit and Commerce International fraud investigation; grifters Sante and Kenny Kimes; Tyco executives Dennis Kozlowski and Mark Swartz; Tupac Shakur; and John Lennon's murderer, Mark Chapman. robert pattridge morgenthau. 333 333 389 583 277 333 277 277 /Type /Pages ?X9KZ"7e{(J+2. Lucinda has participated with VHP hands-on for over 10 years. Molinaro said Morgenthau's "legacy continues" in Dutchess, especially. Former Manhattan district attorney Robert Morgenthau, who spent more than three decades jailing criminals from mob kingpins and drug-dealing killers to a tax-dodging Harvard dean, died on. "Mr. Morgenthau was the gold standard of prosecutors and the model public servant, dedicating his life to achieving justice and protecting the public over the course of a storied career as a federal prosecutor under two presidents and as the longest serving Manhattan DA in history," Cuomo said in a statement. He eventually left the ambassadorship either because of his own deep disappointment in the lack of presidential support, or because having kicked up such a storm at home did not win him much political favor Bob isnt sure which. endobj TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. 556 0 277 556 500 1000 556 556 On Monday, he reminisced about spendingtime together on hisHopewell Junction-based Fishkill Farmsand dining out. Aborn For Manhattan DA or Morgenthau Forever? [39], In 2016 he received the Leo Baeck Medal. Fishkill Farms meantthe world to Morgenthau, who took over the bulk of farming responsibilities and 270 acres of orchards once Henry Morgenthau Jr. died in 1967. [9], Morgenthau was criticized in the press for his conduct in the wake of a major police corruption scandal. As manager of this memorial you can add or update the memorial using the Edit button below. Oops, we were unable to send the email. Further, continues Bob, his great-grandfather Felt that he deserved and certainly hoped that he would get a plum ambassadorship. However, Morgenthau insisted that convictions werent everything. He resigned in 1962 to run for governor for the state of New York, only to return to the position after he lost the election. He briefly joined Mayor John Lindsay's administration as a deputy mayor, then waged another losing gubernatorial race before leaving the public eye for the next four years, engaged in private law practice. /FontName /Arial Thirteen years after a female jogger was attacked in the infamous gang "wilding" spree, Morgenthau asked a judge in 2002 to throw out the convictions of five men because DNA evidence and another man's confession put them into question. They lived on Second Avenue in what is now called Midtown, at the spot where a cable car connects Manhattan and Roosevelt Island. 722 277 556 722 610 833 722 777 In 2005, at age 86, Morgenthau was elected for the eighth and last time, turning back a challenge from Leslie Crocker Snyder, a popular former state judge. /Flags 32 Her late grandfather, Junius T. Moore, was the founder and president of Ferro Products. Morgenthau was survived by his wife, Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Lucinda Franks, and seven children. In his position at the forefront of Manhattan's legal and political scene, Morgenthau cultivated a dignified, above-the-fray presence and was widely acknowledged by allies and foes alike as effective, nonpartisan and incorruptible. [3] In the general election, he was once again the candidate for all political parties in the election, having been nominated by the Democrats, Republicans, and the Working Families Party. In 1974 he was elected District Attorney of New York County in a special election after the death of incumbent Frank Hogan. It's not my place and I don't intend to, but I am enjoying speaking for Bob.. In 1911, by the time he was in his mid-50s, Henry decided to leave the business world and enter public service by working for the government. Previously sponsored memorials or famous memorials will not have this option. 4 0 obj [43] Morgenthau was devastated by her death, and for a while afterward, he refused to talk about her in order to avoid memories of her death. Morgenthau was elected district attorney of Manhattan in November 1974. Failed to remove flower. Mr. Morgenthau, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York from 1961 to 1970 and a former Deputy Mayor of New York, withdrew last May as a candidate for the Democratic. Born in New York City, his family had a history of public servitude. As for Henry, upon arrival he spoke no English, but he was so motivated that by the age of 18 he had already graduated with a Bachelors degree from City College and from Columbia Law School two years later. Morgenthau was a 53-year-old widowed father-of-five when met his second wife, 26-year-old reporter Lucinda Franks, the following year. It was initially the American Committee for Armenian and Syrian Relief: ACASR. Isgho Votre ducation notre priorit. His father is Manhattan District Attorney. Verify and try again. Robert M. Morgenthau Biography | HowOld.co Robert M. Morgenthau Biography American lawyer, District Attorney for New York County, New York Robert Morris Morgenthau (/mrn/ MORG-n-thaw; July 31, 1919:- July 21, 2019) was an American lawyer. He was elected another seven times as head of one of the nations largest law offices, with 550 prosecutors and 700 other staffers. A businessman and philanthropist who owned a big copper-mining company called Phelps Dodge, Cleveland had previously helped fund Robert College in Istanbul, Turkey. Of Morgenthau, Vance has told the Journal, "I was willing to succeed him but not oppose him. Edit a memorial you manage or suggest changes to the memorial manager. Vance, who had spent several years as an assistant district attorney under Morgenthau, took over in 2010. His civic work included a relationship with the Police Athletic League that dates to 1962, and his position as chairman of the Museum of Jewish Heritage, which opened in 1997. His first wife, the former Martha Pattridge, died of cancer in 1972. 556 0 222 556 333 1000 556 556 << Your Scrapbook is currently empty. ] /BaseFont /Arial Robert Morgenthau was born on July 31, 1919 in New York City, New York, USA. After his retirement,Morgenthau belongedto a number of boards and organizations, and worked five days a week for Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz. His crime-fighting strategies also played an important role in facilitating New York Citys remarkable decline in homicides and violent crime and its current status as Americas safest big city, Vance said in a statement. /LastChar 255 He also spread his ethical values and his integrity by providing an example for others throughout the country.". Vance on Monday said Morgenthau was a hallowed figure among the prosecutors who worked for him. "He did his work with humility and integrity, and created the prestige of the DA's office and New York is a better place because of him. Isgho Votre ducation notre priorit . To preserve these articles as they originally appeared, The Times does not alter, edit or update them. "I thought if you're prosecuting teenagers and (people) who break into a grocery store, you've got to prosecute the people who put their money offshore in bank accounts and evade paying taxes," Morgenthau said. [/PDF /Text /ImageC] Anyone can read what you share. Flags on state government buildings were lowered to half-staff Monday and will remain so until Morgenthau's interment, according to a release from Gov. /LastChar 255 He tried to get my great-grandfather to bring in the Americans on the German side. Bob pauses. Retired state Court of Appeals Justice Albert Rosenblatt, who served as Dutchess County assistant district attorney, district attorney and county judge from 1964-1981, was alongtime friend. And if you ask the public, they will mention the remarkable ways he changed the criminal justice system and made New York a better place to live," his wife told NBC News. " He died on July 21, 2019 in Manhattan, New York City. ;Kmu!]Z deep local roots and a long legacy of public service, when met his second wife, 26-year-old reporter Lucinda Franks, Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy. Morgenthau cultivated a dignified, above-the-fray presence and was widely acknowledged by allies and foes alike as effective, nonpartisan and incorruptible. To view a photo in more detail or edit captions for photos you added, click the photo to open the photo viewer. [21] On January 20, 2010, Morgenthau joined the law firm Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz. %PDF-1.3 Over the next quarter-century, Morgenthau was elected another seven times as head of one of the nation's largest law offices, with 550 prosecutors and 700 other staffers. /Descent 211 556 556 277 277 583 583 583 556 The prosecutors job is to protect the public and to administer the laws, Morgenthau once said, deriding DAs who collected convictions like notches on a gun. He was ten days shy of his 100th birthday. Mount Pleasant Cemetery. For the next 32 years, Morgenthau served as New York's top prosecutor. 333 1000 500 333 943 0 500 666 630 0 0 242 242 353 353 370 He died on July 21, 2019 in Manhattan, New York City. 556 556 556 556 556 556 556 548 Appointed as U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York in 1961 by friend and then-President John F. Kennedy. Henry Morgenthau, who had a keen interest in farming as well as helping other farmers, is best remembered for having designed the key fiscal elements of three economic and political landmarks: the New Deal, the Lend Lease program and Social Security. See the article in its original context from. Flowers added to the memorial appear on the bottom of the memorial or here on the Flowers tab. So the German ambassador kept thinking that he would be able to draw in the United States as an ally to Germany. From that emerged a national reputation that extended beyond the courthouse. Your account has been locked for 30 minutes due to too many failed sign in attempts. Launches failed bid for governor; ends up back in U.S. attorney role. Morgenthau didn't declare them innocent but withdrew all charges and did not seek a retrial, The Associated Press reported. Morgenthau developed a reputation for targeting white-collar criminals. 756 520 419 604 353 353 353 576 He is a son of the late Henry Morgen thau Jr., President Franklin D. Roosevelt's Secretary of the Treasury. Robert Morris Morgenthau (/ m r n / MORG-n-thaw; July 31, 1919 - July 21, 2019) was an American lawyer. And somebody, like Rabbi Stephen Wise, said, Schmuck; take it. So he did., Being an ambassador in 1913 was quite difficult, if only because of communications or lack thereof. 687 630 576 576 576 576 576 576 Robert Morris Morgenthau (/mrn/ MORG-n-thaw; July 31, 1919 - July 21, 2019) was an American lawyer. However, when it comes to Armenia and the legacy of his great grandfather, he freely gives his time. In 1962, when Mr. Morgen thau was the unsuccessful Democratic candidate for Gov ernor, she helped her husband campaign. The Morgenthau family name, however, was weaved into the fabric of history by Bobs great-grandfather Henry Morgenthau Sr., who was appointed by President Woodrow Wilson to serve as the American ambassador to the Ottoman Empire. He desperately wanted to be mainstream American society. Vance noted that Morgenthau was a hallowed figure among prosecutors who called him the Boss. /StemV 0 556 556 556 556 277 277 277 277 /Encoding /WinAnsiEncoding At first, says Bob, life was tough: My great-great-grandfather never adapted to life in the United States. /Flags 32 In 1974, the Manhattan DA, Frank Hogan, resigned due to health problems after 32 years on the job. He told Bob, I didnt really speak English that well, so I didnt do that well on the verbal part, but I did really well on the math. So well that he was admitted to Tufts University. endobj /FontName /Arial The main players were, of course, the Turks, but also the German ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, Hans Freiherr von Wangenheim. As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. Morgenthau spent more than 30 years jailing criminals, from mob kingpins and drug-dealing killers to a tax-dodging Harvard dean. He graduated from New Lincoln School, Deerfield Academy, and Amherst College prior to enlisting in the Navy during World War II. He was married to Lucinda Franks and Martha Pattridge. 3 0 obj Use the links under See more to quickly search for other people with the same last name in the same cemetery, city, county, etc. 7 0 obj But he started this organization that gives cows to Armenian families in the countryside. Thanks for using Find a Grave, if you have any feedback we would love to hear from you. 556 576 576 576 333 500 277 576 Morgenthau died at Manhattans Lenox Hill Hospital after a short illness, his wife Lucinda Franks told The New York Times. /Encoding /WinAnsiEncoding You were on your own, notes Bob. Robert has 3 different addresses, the most recent of which is in Bronx, New York. >> In 1974, Manhattan District Attorney Frank Hogan resigned due to health problems after 32 years on the job. Former Manhattan District Attorney Robert Morgenthau listens during an interview at his office in New York in this Dec. 16, 2009 file photo, as he prepared to step down after 35 years as DA. Among prominent figures in the office were the late John F Kennedy Jr and the supreme court justice Sonia Sotomayor. He became known as "The Boss" to attorneys who worked for him, and he focused on organized crime, tax fraud, white-collar crime and, later, the financial foundation of terrorism. With nearly 35 years of service, he presently ranks as the third longest-serving district attorney in United States history. /Type /Font The prosecutors job is to protect the public and to administer the laws, Morgenthau once said, deriding district attorneys who collected convictions like notches on a gun.. Family members linked to this person will appear here. "Robert Morgenthau's presence seemed to be eternal and that is why his passing feels a bit shocking," a statement fromPolice Benevolent Association of the City of New York President Patrick Lynchread. His childhood reflected his lineage. Please enter your email and password to sign in. His first mission was to raise money for the Democratic Party. The District Attorney's Office was high profile. Please reset your password. Robert Morgenthau, Self: 60 Minutes. State Supreme Court Justice Barry Warhit, the supervising judge for criminal courts in Dutchess, Westchester, Rockland, Putnam and Orange counties, began his career as a prosecutor in Morgenthaus office. [8], Morgenthau remained in private life until 1974, when he was elected to the office of District Attorney of New York County. [3], In 1961, after twelve years of practicing corporate law, Morgenthau accepted an appointment from President John F. Kennedy as United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York. https://www.nytimes.com/1983/03/27/style/miss-moore-to-wed-rp-morgenthau.html. "All of my friends did. There was an error deleting this problem. In 1963, his office successfully prosecuted former Harvard law school dean James M. Landis for tax evasion. So I will do everything I can to stop you.. 722 722 777 777 777 777 777 583 "If you ask his children, they would tell him that his greatest legacy was being a remarkable father. In 2009 he announced he would not seek reelection and joined the law firm Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz in January 2010. Morgenthau was forced out in January 1970 by Richard Nixon. 399 548 333 333 333 576 537 333 31 Jul 1919. The five served years in prison before their convictions were thrown out in 2002 because of new evidence; they sued police and prosecutors for $250 million before recently settling. My name is Henry Morgenthau. What a delightful little guy!. Former Manhattan district attorney Robert Morgenthau, who spent more than three decades jailing criminals from mob kingpins and drug-dealing killers to a tax-dodging Harvard dean, died on Sunday. From 1975 until his retirement in 2009, he was the District Attorney for New York County (the borough of Manhattan), having previously served as United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York throughout much of the 1960s on the appointment of John F. Kennedy. 9 0 obj But he does know what his great-grandfather did next. Quickly see who the memorial is for and when they lived and died and where they are buried. Morgenthaus office also prosecuted the mob boss John Gotti and former Tyco chief executive L Dennis Kozlowski, convicted of fraud and larceny in a case seen as an emblem of corporate excess. Gestion; Touristiques; HND We need to help.. Live from Dubai,. He died after. Continues Bob: He became chairman of the board of the Underwood Typewriter Company, which made what has been described as the first truly modern typewriter. He was pretty prosperous. His next goal was to become truly American. Please ensure you have given Find a Grave permission to access your location in your browser settings. The United States was not involved. [12], At age 85 in 2005, Morgenthau announced that he would run for a ninth (eighth full) term as district attorney. 333 1000 666 333 1000 0 610 0 Morgenthau, who served as U.S. Attorney for New York's southern district during the Kennedy and Johnson administrations, returned to law enforcement as Manhattan's top state prosecutor in 1974 and didn't leave for 35 years, with his office handling around 100,000 criminal cases yearly. "That topic was right up there with law. In 1882, when he was 26, he married Josephine Sykes, with whom he had four children. [16] Morgenthau won re-election with more than 99% of the vote. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. Please check your email and click on the link to activate your account. After his defeat in a disastrous campaign in 1962, Morgenthau was reappointed federal prosecutor by Kennedy. Helps prepare hot dogs for king and queen of England during the royal couple's visit to Hyde Park. According to Gary Naftalis, a prominent Manhattan defense attorney who had been an assistant to Morgenthau in the 1960s, Morgenthau believed that prosecuting "crime in the suites" was every bit as important as prosecuting "crime in the streets". The leaves, besides her hus band, a son, Robert P. four daughters, Mrs. Joan Wads worth, Mrs. Anne P. Grand, Elinor and Barbara, and a grandchild. The ninth of 11 children, Henry Morgenthau was born on April 26, 1856 in Mannheim, southwestern Germany. His crime-fighting strategies also played an important role in facilitating New York Citys remarkable decline in homicides and violent crime and its current status as Americas safest big city, Vance said in an emailed statement to the Associated Press. 604 576 1035 687 687 722 722 687 Morgenthau had a lifelong friendship with members of the Kennedy clan; he once cooked hot dogs with Eleanor Roosevelt for Great Britain's King George VI; on another occasion, he prepared a mint julep for Winston Churchill. 500 500 500 333 259 333 583 0 ", Show creator Dick Wolf called Morgenthau "the greatest district attorney in the history of New York.". 0 222 222 333 333 350 556 1000 333 333 365 556 833 833 833 610 Nonetheless, Morgenthau's position became increasingly untenable. Year should not be greater than current year. Please enter your email address and we will send you an email with a reset password code. Dodge brought together a group of American businessmen and they started the Near East Foundation. His grandfather, Henry Morgenthau Sr., was U.S. ambassador to the Ottoman Empire during World War I, and his father, Henry Morgenthau Jr., was secretary of the treasury under President Franklin D. Roosevelt, a family friend. Morgenthau was less successful in raising funds and developing support than were two other candidates, Arthur Goldberg and Howard Samuels, and within weeks, he withdrew from the race. His first wife, the former Martha Pattridge, died of cancer in 1972. Photos larger than 8Mb will be reduced. [3] He retained support from New York's liberal Republican U.S. 8 0 obj Mr. and Mrs. Evan Moore 3d of Charleston, W. Va., have announced the engagement of their daughter, Susan Bryce Moore, to Robert Pattridge Morgenthau, son of Robert M. Morgenthau of New York and the late Martha Pattridge Morgenthau. The email does not appear to be a valid email address. But the other point is that what youre doing is wrong. The Associated Press contributed to this report. First he developed property along 125th Street, which became very valuable when what we now call the Metro North train station went in. He also developed parts of the Bronx, along the Grand Concourse. As a defense lawyer in Westchester, Warhit almost always included in his closing arguments how Morgenthau impressed upon his prosecutors that their ultimate goal was not to win convictions. BTS. This was a special election caused by the death of Frank Hogan, who had served as DA for more than 30 years. She loves to volunteer at our events with Vassar students, whom she provides with abundant and invaluable advice on writing and journalism. /FontName /DDACTR+MicrosoftSansSerif When he was first elected in 1975, the city was in the midst of a crisis fuelled by government bankruptcy and rampant crime . "He needed that fire and activity in his life and … he has steadied me over the years," Franks has told the Journal. [37], In 2005, Morgenthau received The Hundred Year Association of New York's Gold Medal "in recognition of outstanding contributions to the City of New York". Mrs. Morgenthau had been president of the ParentTeach ers Association of the Field stone Lower School and a di rector of the Riverdale Neigh borhood and Library Associa tion. He graduated from Yale Law School in 1948 and in 1961 was appointed United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York by President John F. Kennedy. In addition to jailing Goetz in the 1984 wounding of four black youths who tried to rob him on a subway train, Morgenthau's notable convictions included a crack dealer who murdered the son of AOL Time-Warner head Gerald Levin; the murderous mother-and-son grifter team, Sante and Kenneth Kimes Jr.; and seven youths who killed a Utah tourist in a subway mugging in 1990. They dont lose when there is an acquittal. /Subtype /TrueType 10 0 obj Which memorial do you think is a duplicate of Robert Morgenthau (201377076)? 520 742 520 520 520 354 279 354 0 cemeteries found in Hawthorne, Westchester County, New York, USA. Though Wilsons dislike of Jews and other minorities was no secret, Bob sounds a pragmatic note regarding his great-grandfathers alliance with Wilson: If you wanted to be involved in American politics, you didnt have much in the way of choices, he says. 6 0 obj Translation on Find a Grave is an ongoing project. If you notice a problem with the translation, please send a message to [emailprotected] and include a link to the page and details about the problem. This is a carousel with slides. [1] From 1975 until his retirement in 2009, he was the District Attorney for New York County (the borough of Manhattan), having previously served as United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York throughout much of the 1960s on the appointment of John F. Kennedy. Afterward, Morgenthau served briefly in the reformist administration of Mayor John V. Lindsay as a deputy mayor, before resigning to seek the Democratic nomination for governor in 1970. /StemV 0 Marries second wife, reporter Lucinda Franks. He did a sort of shuttle diplomacy between the German ambassador and the Turkish leaders. Becoming a Find a Grave member is fast, easy and FREE. He held the spot for nine terms, longer than any other city district attorney, before retiring. He insisted that his name be pronounced Morgenthaw, not Morgenthow, the latter being the German way. 248 248 576 576 576 576 576 576 Birth. [40], His first wife was Martha Pattridge, a Christian, whom he met in college;[41][42] they had five children: Joan Morgenthau Wadsworth, Anne Pattridge Morgenthau Grand, Robert Pattridge Morgenthau, Elinor Gates Morgenthau, and Barbara Elizabeth Morgenthau Lee. Under Morgenthau, Manhattan prosecutors took on many high-profile cases, among them political payoffs by the mob boss Anthony Tony Ducks Corallo, the shooting of four black youths by the white subway gunman Bernhard Goetz, the weapons-possession arrest of hip-hop mogul Sean Diddy Combs. Among the assistant district attorneys who worked for Morgenthau were Andrew Cuomo, Eliot Spitzer and John F. Kennedy Jr. Cuomo in a statement called Morgenthau a "true New York hero whose dedication to public service and law was matched only by the impact he had on the young prosecutors and lawyers like me who worked for him.". [10] Eight men who were falsely arrested by New York City Transit Police officers in the scandal that shook the department were awarded more than $1 million in damages by a federal judge. [3], On February 27, 2009, Morgenthau announced that he would not seek re-election in 2009, saying: "I never expected to be here this long [R]ecently, I figured that I'd served 25 years beyond the normal retirement age. Morgenthau's grandfather, Henry Morgenthau Sr., was a wealthy investor and ambassador to Turkey under President Woodrow Wilson. /ItalicAngle 0 The next year, the new president named him to the prestigious post of U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, the nation's busiest such office. Are you adding a grave photo that will fulfill this request? Though the city's violent crime rate dropped considerably during his time in office, there also was criticism, including complaints of his office being slow to respond to police corruption, according to reports published in The New York Times. I would have lost. As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month.
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