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Bayless Andrew Manning (March 29, 1923 – September 18, 2011) was an American lawyer,
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, writer and expert of
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. He served as the
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of
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from 1964 to 1971. He left Stanford in 1971 and became the first president of the
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.


Education and career

Manning worked as the editor of the ''
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'' as a law student before graduating from
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as
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of the class of 1949. He then clerked for Justice
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, an
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. Manning taught as a professor at
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from 1955 to 1964. He simultaneously served as a member of the President's Advisory Panel on Ethics and Conflicts of Interest in Government beginning in 1960. Manning became the dean of Stanford Law School from 1964 to 1971. In 1971,
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and
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soon appointed Manning as the first president of the
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(CFR). Following the end of his tenure at CFR, Manning joined
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based in New York City. In 2001, Manning was awarded the Certificate of Meritorious Achievement from the United States Office of Government Ethics for the
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. Manning moved to
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, in the late 1980s. He died at his home in Boise on September 18, 2011, at the age of 88. He was survived by his wife, Alexandra Zekovic, five children, and six grandchildren.


See also

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List of law clerks of the Supreme Court of the United States (Seat 6) Law clerks have assisted the justices of the United States Supreme Court in various capacities since the first one was hired by Justice Horace Gray in 1882. Each justice is permitted to have between three and four law clerks per court term. Most ...


References

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