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

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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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