Title
Gordon Rosen, 1921 - 2014
Subject
Judges
Lawyers
Description
Gordon Rosen was born in Rochester, New York. He attended high school in Ft. Sumner, New Mexico and is a graduate of The University of New Mexico. During WWII he was commissioned in the United States Navy. Serving primarily in the Pacific, he was discharged from active duty in June 1946, and subsequently actively reserved in the Naval Reserve during the Korean War with the rank of Lieutenant.
In September, 1946, he enrolled in the University of Alabama School of Law where he became a member of Phi Alpha Delta legal fraternity and the scholastic Farrah Order of Jurisprudence. Gordon Rosen was on the first Board of Editors of the Alabama Law Review. He won the law school Moot Court Competition in 1949.
He graduated from the Law School in 1949 and was invited to join the Tuscaloosa Law Firm of LeMaistre and Clement. He was one of the founders of the law firm Rosen, Wright and Harwood which is now known as Rosen Harwood, P.A., one of the largest law firms in Tuscaloosa. At the age of 91, he was the oldest practicing lawyer in Tuscaloosa County.
Mr. Rosen served as Tuscaloosa Municipal Judge for 14 years and as an adjunct professor at The University School of Law for more than ten years. He provided the funds to establish the "Gordon Rosen Professor of Law" at the law school. He served on the Board of Directors at the First National Bank of Tuskaloosa for 17 years, and was the first recipient of the Pillar of the Bar as selected by the Tuscaloosa County Bar Association in 2005. In 2007 he was selected as a Pillar of West Alabama. He was selected by the Chamber of Commerce as 2003 Entrepreneur of the Year. He established an Endowed Nursing Scholarship and a scholarship in the School of Education at the University of Alabama. He has served as an officer or director of many civic and charitable organizations in Tuscaloosa.
Mr.. Rosen operated a cattle farm and was active in the Tuscaloosa County Cattleman's Association, having served two terms as its president and on the board of directors.
Rosen was inducted into the Tuscaloosa County Civic Hall of fame in 2013. He died May 14, 2014.
In September, 1946, he enrolled in the University of Alabama School of Law where he became a member of Phi Alpha Delta legal fraternity and the scholastic Farrah Order of Jurisprudence. Gordon Rosen was on the first Board of Editors of the Alabama Law Review. He won the law school Moot Court Competition in 1949.
He graduated from the Law School in 1949 and was invited to join the Tuscaloosa Law Firm of LeMaistre and Clement. He was one of the founders of the law firm Rosen, Wright and Harwood which is now known as Rosen Harwood, P.A., one of the largest law firms in Tuscaloosa. At the age of 91, he was the oldest practicing lawyer in Tuscaloosa County.
Mr. Rosen served as Tuscaloosa Municipal Judge for 14 years and as an adjunct professor at The University School of Law for more than ten years. He provided the funds to establish the "Gordon Rosen Professor of Law" at the law school. He served on the Board of Directors at the First National Bank of Tuskaloosa for 17 years, and was the first recipient of the Pillar of the Bar as selected by the Tuscaloosa County Bar Association in 2005. In 2007 he was selected as a Pillar of West Alabama. He was selected by the Chamber of Commerce as 2003 Entrepreneur of the Year. He established an Endowed Nursing Scholarship and a scholarship in the School of Education at the University of Alabama. He has served as an officer or director of many civic and charitable organizations in Tuscaloosa.
Mr.. Rosen operated a cattle farm and was active in the Tuscaloosa County Cattleman's Association, having served two terms as its president and on the board of directors.
Rosen was inducted into the Tuscaloosa County Civic Hall of fame in 2013. He died May 14, 2014.
Source
Tuscaloosa News Archive
Contributor
Jordan Bannister (Description)
Type
Photograph
Identifier
844
Coverage
Tuscaloosa (AL)
Original Format
Photograph