Arthur Goldberg

Arthur Goldberg
Goldberg in 1971
6th United States Ambassador to the United Nations
In office July 28, 1965 – June 24, 1968
President	Lyndon B. Johnson
Preceded by	Adlai Stevenson II
Succeeded by	George Ball
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
In office October 1, 1962 – July 25, 1965[1]
Nominated by	John F. Kennedy
Preceded by	Felix Frankfurter
Succeeded by	Abe Fortas
9th United States Secretary of Labor
In office January 21, 1961 – September 20, 1962
President	John F. Kennedy
Preceded by	James P. Mitchell
Succeeded by	W. Willard Wirtz
Personal details
Born	Arthur Joseph Goldberg (1908-08-08)August 8, 1908 Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Died	January 19, 1990(1990-01-19) (aged 81) Washington, D.C., U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Spouse	Dorothy Kurgans ​ ​ (m. 1931; died 1988)​
Children	2
Relatives	Barry Goldberg (nephew)
Education	Crane College DePaul University Northwestern University (BSL, JD)
Awards	Presidential Medal of Freedom (1978)
Military service
Allegiance	United States
Branch/service	United States Army (1942–1945) United States Air Force (1946)
Rank	Colonel
Unit	Office of Strategic Services Air Force Reserve Command
Battles/wars	World War II Vietnam War

Arthur Joseph Goldberg (August 8, 1908 – January 19, 1990) was an American statesman and jurist who served as the 9th U.S. Secretary of Labor, an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, and the 6th United States Ambassador to the United Nations.

Born in Chicago, Illinois, Goldberg graduated from the Northwestern University School of Law in 1930. He became a prominent labor attorney and helped arrange the merger of the American Federation of Labor and the Congress of Industrial Organizations. During World War II, he served in the Office of Strategic Services, organizing European resistance to Nazi Germany. In 1961, President John F. Kennedy appointed Goldberg as the Secretary of Labor. During Vietnam, he served in the Air Force Reserve.

In 1962, Kennedy successfully nominated Goldberg to the Supreme Court to fill a vacancy created by the retirement of Felix Frankfurter. Goldberg aligned with the liberal bloc of justices and wrote the majority opinion in Escobedo v. Illinois. In 1965, Goldberg resigned from the bench to accept appointment by President Lyndon B. Johnson as the Ambassador to the United Nations. In that role, he helped draft UN Resolution 242 in the aftermath of the Six-Day War. He ran for governor of New York in 1970 but was defeated by Nelson Rockefeller. After his defeat, he served as president of the American Jewish Committee and continued to practice law.