TWO FORMER BOARD MEMBERS
MRS. LOUISE SPIEGEL
The Cincinnati Human Relations Commission is proud to
announce that two former Board members, Judge S. Arthur Spiegel & Mrs.
Louise Spiegel will be inducted into the Ohio Civil Rights Commission Hall of
Fame on Thursday, October 2nd, 2014.
Judge S. Arthur Spiegel
Judge
Spiegel received a BA from UC in 1942 & then enrolled in the Platoon
Leaders Program of the U.S. Marine Corps on March 13, 1942, & was
called to active duty on July 18, 1942. Ten weeks later, he was commissioned a
Second Lieutenant and went overseas in January, 1943, joining A Battery, 11th
Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, in Australia. He fought in New Guinea; Cape Gloucester,
New Britian; Peleliu; & Okinawa, and
arrived home on leave in July, 1945. His orders were changed following
the atomic bombing on Japan
& he was reassigned to the Marine Guard Company at the Brig of the
Philadelphia Navy Yard. He went on inactive duty in December, 1945, starting
law school at Harvard
Law School
in February, 1946. He obtained his LL.B. from Harvard Law
School in 1948
(postgraduate UC 1949).
After
graduating from Law
School, he worked at
several prestigious law firms. On April 5, 1980, he was appointed as a United
States District Judge for the Southern District of Ohio, by President Jimmy
Carter, confirmed on May 20, 1980 and entered on duty on June 5, 1980. On
June 5, 1995, he took Senior Status. He continues his service on the
Court.
Judge
Spiegel is a member of the American, Ohio,
Cincinnati & Federal Bar Associations. He was a lecturer on labor
law, debtor/creditor rights, and appellate advocacy at the UC College of Law
from 1970 through 1975; Delegate, Sixth Circuit Judicial Conference from 1967
through 1970; Life Member, Sixth Circuit Judicial Conference from 1971 to the
present; District Judge Representative for the Sixth Circuit, US Judicial
Conference 1996 and 1997; Awarded an Honorary Degree, Doctor of Humane
Letters by Hebrew Union College, Jewish Institute of Religion, 1996; Distinguished
Alumni Award, College of Arts & Sciences, UC, 1997; Award of Recognition,
Black Lawyers Association of Cincinnati, 1995; The Distinguished Service
Citation of the National Conference for Community & Justice
for Outstanding Contribution to the Improvement of Inter-Group Relations
in Cincinnati, 2001; the Beacon of Light Humanitarian Award, Lighthouse Youth Services,
2004; Honorary Jurist Doctorate
from The Salmon
P. Chase College of Law,
NKU, 2005; A
2006 Trial Judge
of the Year, presented by the Hamilton County Trial Lawyers Association; and the
Cincinnati Human Relations Commission's Bishop Herbert Thompson Award in
2013.
He has served on numerous
Boards of Trustees in the community, including, the Mayors Friendly
Relations Committee from 1961 to 1965; Cincinnati Human Relations
Commission, 1967 to 1973, serving as its first Chairman, 1965 to 1967. In
recent years, Judge Spiegel has served on the Roundtable of the Black Lawyers
Association of Cincinnati & Cincinnati Bar Association, whose function is
to broaden the opportunities in the legal profession for minorities. He
regularly meets with local high schools students regarding the role of the
courts in our society, as well as conducting naturalization ceremonies in the
local schools. He has also written articles on matters of general public
interest concerning constitutional governance.
Mrs.
Louise Spiegel
Mrs.
Louise W. Spiegel has been active in the community for many years. When asked
about her community interests she said "My interests center on
applied research with a strong concentration on the study of
governance of urban systems. I try to understand the dynamics that influence
urban social policy within a context that supports sustainability of
cities." These interests originated as a student at Bennington College (1942-45) in course work and the
Division of Metropolitan Studies, UC (1972-83).
Mrs.
Spiegel's has been a member, trustee and/or founder of the
Civic Confederation, Civic Forum (Affiliated with UC Law College),
Cincinnati Youth Collaborative, Race Relations Council and the Bronson
Settlement (Federal Court Jurisdiction). Her current affiliations include the Cincinnati
Human Relations Commission board (ex - officio), Citizens for Civic
renewal, Cincinnatus Association, COMPASS project (Regional Planning
Commission), Woman's Civic Club, Urban Appalachian Council, Community Shares of
Greater Cincinnati, Applied Information Resources, Public Allies Inc., Mohawk
Development Corporation and IMPACT-OTR.
She
has been a recipient of numerous awards: APPLAUSE Magazine, IMAGEMAKER;
Urban Appalachian Council; Seven Hills Schools; Urban League Heritage
Award, Glorifying the Lions; Cincinnatus, Citizen crusader; United Way;
Talbert House, Public Service; Ohio Civil Rights Commission; Applied
Information, Resources; Cincinnati Human Relations Commission, Ethelrie Harper
Award; Lighthouse Youth Services, Humanitarian Award; Cincinnati Bell, Building
Bridges; City of Cincinnati: Mayor's Proclamation and Key to the City; and
Cincinnati Human Relations Commission, Bishop Herbert Thompson Award.
In
her spare time, Mrs. Spiegel continues to concentrate on leadership and program
development and is the editor of Urban Resources Review, a monthly digest of
opinion.
Please join us in congratulating Judge S. Arthur & Louise Spiegel.
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