Louis Lowenstein (June 13, 1925 – April 18, 2009) was an American attorney. He was a founding partner of Kramer Levin (at the time known as Kramer, Lowenstein, Nessen & Kamin) now one of New York City's corporate law firms; president of Supermarkets General, a supermarket conglomerate whose operating subsidiary was known as Pathmark; professor at Columbia University School of Law; and a leading critic of the U.S. financial industry.[1]
He graduated with a B.S.from Columbia Business School in 1947, and a LL.B. from Columbia Law School in 1953.[2]
He was the author of several books, including:
- What’s Wrong With Wall Street: Short Term Gain and the Absentee Shareholder, Addison-Wesley, 1988
- Sense and Nonsense in Corporate Finance, 1991
- The Investor’s Dilemma: How Mutual Funds Are Betraying Your Trust and What to Do About It, Wiley, 2008
He also coedited and contributed to Knights, Raiders, and Targets: The Impact of the Hostile Takeover, published by Oxford University Press in 1988.[3]
His son, Roger Lowenstein, is a financial journalist.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b Hevesi, Dennis (April 25, 2009). "Louis Lowenstein, Professor of Business Law and Critic of Wall St., Dies at 83". The New York Times. Retrieved April 27, 2009.
- ^ "Louis Lowenstein". www.law.columbia.edu. Retrieved 2020-06-14.
- ^ Goldschmid, Harvey J.; Kopelman, Kenneth P.; Murphy, Arthur W.; Savitt, William; Schizer, David M. (2009). "In Memoriam: Louis Lowenstein". Columbia Law Review. 109 (6): 1263–1277. ISSN 0010-1958. JSTOR 40380363.
External links
edit- In Memoriam: Louis Lowenstein, Columbia Law Review, v. 109, no. 6, October 2009; pages 1263–1277
- William Glaberson, Crusading Professor: Louis Lowenstein; From C.E.O. to Corporate Critic, New York Times, July 17, 1988
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