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A Conversation With Edward Farley Aldrich, Author of The Par

In-Person/Virtual
 A Conversation with Edward Farley Aldrich, Author of The Partnership: George Marshall, Henry Stimson, and the Extraordinary Collaboration That Won World War II
Tuesday, April 26, 2022 | 5:30 p.m. (Networking) 6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. (Presentation and Discussion)

Please Note: This event will be in-person with an available webcast of the panel presentation. Select your preference for in-person or virtual attendance before completing your registration below.  Virtual attendees will receive a final confirmation containing the Zoom link and Access Code to join the event 2 hours prior to the start of the event.

Program Fee:
Free for Members | $15 for Non-Member Lawyers 
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Please Note: A final confirmation containing the Zoom link and Access Code to join the event will be sent to ALL registrants 2 hours prior to the start of the event. 

Description:
Mr. Aldrich has written a book about the partnership between Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson (former president of the NYC Bar Association) and Army Chief of Staff George C. Marshall both during World War II and during the seventeen months preceding Pearl Harbor when they desperately tried to prepare the country for war each man knew was coming.  A constant theme that runs through the dual biography is the remarkable synergy created when the Wall Street lawyer combined his training and talents with the Army lifer.  Stimson was one of the nation’s leading lawyers and his core staff of five men all came out of Harvard Law School.  That staff, considered the premier staff in Washington DC during the War, worked as seamlessly with their colleagues in the Army as Stimson did with Marshall.  Aldrich has described their accomplishment during the War as "the greatest feat of management in the history of the world.”

Reviewing the rise of each man to the top of their respective professions, the speaker will explain why the talents of New York lawyers were in such high demand during the War and why the training and practice of law was so beneficial to the success they had in assisting the Army in the preparation for war and the actual conduct of it.  It will detail the two men’s accomplishments and highlight the big issues that they faced together during the War.  Aldrich’s book The Partnership: George Marshall, Henry Stimson, and the Extraordinary Collaboration that Won World War II, has received positive reviews from, among others, Walter Isaacson, Evan Thomas, and Kai Bird and got a coveted star rating from the Library Journal.  It is being released April 15th.

Moderator:
Alan Borst, Chair of the Legal History Committee of the City Bar Association,  Treasurer, Sons of the Revolution in the State of New York

Speaker:
Edward Aldrich, Author of The Partnership: George Marshal, Henry Stimson, and the Extraordinary Collaboration the Won World War II

Sponsoring Committee:
Legal History Committee, Alan W. Borst, Jr. Chair
 


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