Albemarle County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Cohen, Edwin S January 12, 2006
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Daily Progress , January 14 to January 15, 2006 
Edwin S. Cohen died Thursday, Jan. 12, 2006.



He was born September 27, 1914, in Richmond, Va. to LeRoy S. and Miriam 
Rosenhein Cohen.



He graduated from the University of Richmond in 1933, Phi Beta Kappa, at the 
age of 18. He matriculated at the University of Virginia's School of Law, 
graduating first in his class in 1936, at age 20. He remains the youngest 
graduate of the University of Virginia School of Law.



Mr. Cohen joined the law firm of Sullivan & Cromwell in New York in 1936, at 
that time the third Jewish associate at the firm. He specialized in tax law, 
working for Norris Darrell, senior tax partner, who was subsequently President 
of the American Law Institute, as well as John Foster and Allen Dulles. While 
at Sullivan & Cromwell, Mr. Cohen worked on the Investment Company Act of 1940, 
the founding legislation for the mutual fund industry. In the 1950's, he became 
external tax council at The Investment Company Institute, the national 
organization of mutual fund companies, which he served for more than 25 years.



In 1949, Mr. Cohen and former University of Virginia classmate, Orin Root, 
formed the law firm of Root, Barrett, Cohen, Knapp and Smith, based in New 
York. While at Root, Barrett, Mr. Cohen advised the House Ways and Means 
Committee on the creation of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, which is the 
foundation for all subsequent tax legislation.



In 1964, Hardy Dillard, Dean of the University of Virginia Law School, invited 
Mr. Cohen to teach tax law at the Law School. In January 1965, Mr. Cohen began 
teaching taxation as well as remaining of counsel to Root, Barrett. In 1967, he 
advised the National Football League and the American Football League on the 
tax aspects of the merger of the two leagues. He was appointed to the Joseph M. 
Hartfield Chair at the Law School.



In the winter of 1968, President Richard Nixon appointed Mr. Cohen as Assistant 
Secretary of the Treasury for Tax Policy. He was the key player for the 
administration in the enactment of the Tax Reform Act of 1969. Subsequently, he 
was made Under Secretary of the Treasury by Secretary John Connolly and was 
Secretary Connolly's advisor at the International Monetary Conference in Rome 
in 1971. Mr. Cohen served four Secretaries of the Treasury and was awarded the 
highest honor at the Treasury, the Alexander Hamilton medal, for his 
distinguished service. Mr. Cohen resigned in 1973, from the Treasury and 
returned to teaching at the University of Virginia Law School. At that time, he 
also became a Senior Partner at the firm of Covington & Burling in Washington, 
D.C.



Mr. Cohen dedicated himself to continuing the involvement of his students in 
the field of taxation and to continue their ties with the University of 
Virginia. As a result he organized the Virginia Tax Study group which meets 
twice yearly at the Law School. Mr. Cohen continued teaching at the Law School 
until he was 90.



Mr. Cohen's commitment to the Law School was evidenced by the endowment of a 
chair, The Edwin S. Cohen Tax Professorship which George Yin, former Tax 
Legislative Council for the Joint Committee on Taxation will hold.



A great supporter of the University of Virginia athletic teams, Mr. Cohen 
played singles tennis for the University of Richmond tennis team and continued 
to play regularly until he was 90.



Mr. Cohen leaves his wife of 61 years, Helen Herz Cohen, who ran the girls 
camp, Camp Walden in Denmark, Maine for more than 50 years; three children, 
Edwin C. Cohen of New York, N.Y.; Roger Cohen of Denmark, Maine; and a 
daughter, Wendy S. Cohen of Charlottesville, Va., as well as two grandchildren, 
Dillon Lockwood Cohen and Lucian Valentine Cohen, both of New York.



A memorial service will be conducted 1 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 15, 2006, at 
University Cemetery on Alderman Road. Plans for a second memorial service are 
pending and will be announced at a later date.



In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions made to The Edwin S. Cohen Tax 
Scholarship or Edwin S. Cohen Tax Medal.



Friends may sign the guest register at teaguefuneralhome.com.



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