2004 Events
Calendar News & Events
11/15/04
On November 15, 2004, Albany Law School, which Robert H. Jackson attended during the 1911-12 academic year, hosted a special Jackson tribute evening featuring speakers Judge Victoria Graffeo, Phil C. Neal and John Q. Barrett.
In this academic year marking 50 years since Justice Jackson’s death, the Albany Law Review is dedicating its current volume 68 to the memory of its School's very distinguished alumnus. The Law Review's Fall 2004 issue includes the following essays by some of Justice Jackson’s relatives, friends, colleagues and close observers:
“A Tribute to Robert Jackson By His Nephew” – Harold Jackson Adams
“Bob Jackson Remembered” – Bennett Boskey
“Remembering Robert H. Jackson at Nuremberg Decades Ago” – Brady O. Bryson
“Robert H. Jackson at the Nuremberg Trials, 1945-1946 As Remembered by His Personal Bodyguard – S/Sgt Moritz Fuchs
“The Legacy of Robert H. Jackson” – Eugene C. Gerhart
“Robert Jackson’s Transcendent Influence Over Today’s World” – Henry T. King, Jr.
“That Baby: Justice Jackson’s Writings About a Grandchild, and Vice Versa” – Thomas A. Loftus III
“The Genial Justice: Robert H. Jackson” – James M. Marsh
“That Twinkle in His Eyes” – Alma Soller McLay
“Robert H. Jackson: Nuremberg’s Architect and Advocate” – Bernard D. Meltzer
“Robert H. Jackson: Head of State?” – E. Barrett Prettyman, Jr.
“For Me, Robert H. Jackson Is Alive” – Richard W. Sonnenfeldt
11/1/04
Professor Jeffrey Hockett, University of Tulsa, spoke on Justice Jackson and his Supreme Court legacy at the Robert H. Jackson Center.
Jamestown Post-Journal 11/2/04
10/29/04
Nuremberg Prosecutor, Henry T. King, spoke about "Robert H. Jackson's Nuremberg" in a jointly-sponsored symposium at Moritz College of Law of the Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio.
Jamestown Post-Journal 10/18/04
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10/3/04
Memorial service marking the 50th anniversary of Justice Jackson's death was held at St. Luke's Episcopal Church in Jamestown. The sermon was delivered by Rev. Moritz Fuchs (body guard of Justice Jackson's at Nuremberg).
Jamestown Post-Journal 10/4/04
10/1/04
Whitney Harris, Nuremberg Prosecutor, discussed the Nuremberg trial, its legacy, and "The Crimes of Aggressive War".
Jamestown Post-Journal 10/2/04
7/30/04
The Jackson Center hosted the viewing and commentary of historic film footage of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt at Chautauqua Institution in 1936 making his famous "I hate war" speech with Justice Jackson by his side.
Jamestown Post-Journal 7/30/04
7/26/04
Richard Sonnenfeldt, head of the American Interpretation Division at Nuremberg, spoke on the subject of Nuremberg defendants, the Nuremberg trial, and its legacy today at the Hall of Philosophy, Chautauqua Institution.
Jamestown Post-Journal 7/25/04
6/22/04
Aaron Beckwith, Emmy award winning producer, speaks to school students about his movie "Follow the North Star".
Jamestown Post-Journal 6/15/04
Jamestown Post-Journal 6/23/04
6/7/04
Jack W. Robbins, Nuremberg Prosecutor, discussed the medical case against Nazi physicians. Click here to listen.
4/29/04
Roundtable discussion with the Brown sisters, the subjects of Brown v. Board of Education. This event was held at the Ampitheatre at Chautauqua Institution and was sponsored by Cummins Foundation of Cummins, Inc. , National Fuel Gas , HSBC Bank, , Phillips Lytle LLP, the New York State Bar Association , the New York Bar Foundation , the Jamestown School District Teaching American History Grant.
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Jamestown Post-Journal 11/16/03
Jamestown Post-Journal 4/25/04
Jamestown Post-Journal 4/29/04
Jamestown Post-Journal 4/30/04
4/28/04
The Robert H. Jackson Center hosted a recognition dinner for Linda Brown Thompson and Cheryl Brown Henderson at the Athenaeum Hotel, Chautauqua Institution. Nicholas de B. Katzenbach was the featured speaker. Awards were presented to the winners of the New York State essay contest.
Jamestown Post-Journal 4/25/04
Jamestown Post-Journal 4/28/04
4/28/04
Supreme Court Clerk's Roundtable was held the Robert H. Jackson Center featuring clerks from the time of Brown v. Board decision. Clerks included E. Barrett Prettyman, Jr . (Jackson clerk), John Fassett (Reed Clerk), Frank Sander (Frankfurter clerk), and Earl Pollock (Warren clerk). This event was sponsored by the Cummins Foundation of Cummins, Inc., National Fuel Gas, and HSBC Bank.
See the Summer 2004 St. John's Law Review for the Jackson Center's 50th anniversary Brown I roundtable, Supreme Court Law Clerks' Recollections of Brown v. Board of Education
Jamestown Post-Journal 4/24/04
Jamestown Post-Journal 4/25/04
Jamestown Post-Journal 4/28/04
Jamestown Post-Journal 4/29/04
4/22/04
Law Day program for middle school students highlighted issues from Brown v. Board decision including slide show and the premier of a play written specifically for this year's event. More>>
Jamestown Post-Journal (School Program) 4/18/04
Jamestown Post-Journal (Play) 4/18/04
3/31/04 & 4/7/04
Showing of the film classic "Separate But Equal" in two parts. Judge Joseph Gerace introduced the film on behalf of the Jackson Center.
2/9 - 3/26/04
New York State High School American History Essay Contest Held
Jamestown Post-Journal 4/28/04
3/8/04
3/6/04
1/22 - 2/26/04
The six part series, "Eyes on the Prize:America's Civil Rights Years (1954-1965) ", was shown in one hour weekly installments, each followed by a discussion lead by John Twinam, M.A.T., J.D., American history and AP European history teacher from Jamestown High School, Jamestown, NY.
2/10/04
Jamestown Post-Journal-2/11/04
1/26/04
RHJC hosts Budd Schulberg, concentration camp documentary photographer