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Donald C. Lubick
Born	Donald Cyril Lubick Buffalo, New York U.S.
Nationality	American
Occupation(s)	Attorney Tax Policy Expert
Years active	1950-present

Donald Cyril Lubick (born April 29, 1926) is a nationally and internationally known expert in tax policy, having served in every Democratic Presidential Administration from President John F. Kennedy to Barack Obama. He was the former assistant secretary of the U.S. Treasury and served as United States Deputy Secretary of the Treasury for Tax Policy.

Early life and education

Lubick was born in Buffalo, New York.

In 1945, Lubick graduated from the University of Buffalo with a Bachelor's degree, summa cum laude, Phi Betta Kappa. Before attending law school, Lubick served in the U.S. Army Air Force. In 1949, he received an Bachelor of Laws degree from Harvard University, magna cum laude. He was a Teaching Fellow in Law, Harvard University, 1949-1950.

Lubick was admitted to the New York bar in 1950, the Florida bar in 1974 and the District of Columbia bar in 1981.

Career

Lubick joined Hodgson, Russ, Andrews, Woods & Goodyear as an associate in 1950. He returned to the firm after each of his tenures in government service. He established the firm's Washington, D.C. office in __. He retired in __.

Lubick also taught at the University of Buffalo School of Law [years?] and American University [years?] While in Buffalo, he chaired a Tax Reform Committee for the City of Buffalo, and served on the Advisory Committee on Reform of the Election Laws of the New York State Legislature. He also served on the Advisory Group to the Commissioner of Internal Revenue Service. He was a member of the American Law Institute and chaired the American Bar Association's Committee on Domestic Relations Tax Problems. [years and citations??]

Government service

Lubick served as Tax Legislative Counsel in the U.S. Treasury Department from 1961-1974. He returned to the Treasury Department in 1977 to serve as Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Tax Policy under Lawrence Neal Woodworth, who died in late 1977, and assume the title of Assistant Secretary after Woodworth's death in 1978 [check]. Lubick served as Assistant Secretary until 1981.

Lubick was appointed Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Tax Policy, the highest tax policy position in the Executive Branch, on February 12, 1998.

Lubick headed the tax advisory program for Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union from 1994-1996. He served on the transition team of the Obama administration in 2008.

Lubick also served on the International Monetary Fund's expert panel on fiscal affairs and was a Senior Fellow with Harvard University's International Tax Program. He participated in tax reform missions in Eastern Europe, the Dominican Republic and elsewhere. With Ward Hussey, he was the author of "Basic World Tax Code and Commentary," a template for tax reformers around the world, and especially in developing countries.

Awards

• 1964: Treasury Exceptional Service Award
• 1980: Alexander Hamilton Award
• 1999: Treasury Medal
• American Law Institute, Member

In 2016 The Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center inaugurated the Donald C. Lubick Symposium. The second, "Tax day headaches: Public understanding of the tax code and perceptions of 'fairness,' was held on April 7, 2017.

Personal life

In YYYY, Lubick married his wife, Susan Lubick (née Cohen).

Works and publications

• Donald Lubick and Gerald Brannon, "Stanley S. Surrey and the Quality of Tax Policy Argument," National Tax Journal, 38, 3 (September 1985), 256-58.

2."Basic World Tax Code and Commentary: A Project Sponsored by the Harvard University International Tax Program," Tax Analysts (Arlington, VA), 1992

External links

• Appearances on C-SPAN