Marvin A. Chirelstein (October 8, 1928 - February 16, 2015)Obituary for Marvin A. Chirelstein, Feb. 17, 2015, Columbia Law School, New York, NY, a

was a Professor

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of Law at

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, where he taught for nearly 30 years. He taught a contracts course to first year law students as well as tax and corporate finance courses. Prior to teaching at Columbia, Professor Chirelstein taught for over 15 years at

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. He authored several course books on law.

Biography

Chirelstein received his B.A. from the

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in 1950.Columbia Law School: Emeriti Faculty
(Accessed 5 September 2012). Chirelstein received his J.D. from the

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in 1953, where he was also editor of the ''

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''. After practicing in Washington, D.C. and New York City, he joined the

faculty in 1965 and remained at Yale as the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law until 1981. Chirelstein was visiting professor at

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from 1976 to 1977, and at

from 1981 to 1982. He left for private practice in 1982, but returned to join the Columbia faculty in 1984.

Publications

Books

*Federal Income Taxation: A Law Student's Guide to the Leading Cases and Concepts (Foundation Press, 3d ed. 1982) *Cases and Materials on Corporate Finance * *

Journal articles

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References

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