About Walter R. Hart
Lived 1894 – 1969 (aged 74–75). Walter R. Hart was a judge.
Walter R. Hart (February 27, 1894 – June 17, 1969) was an American judge for the Second Judicial District (Kings and Richmond Counties).
Early life and education Hart was born on February 27, 1894, in Ocean Hill, Brooklyn neighborhood.
As a lawyer, Hart represented building trade unions and bus lines, and served as an impartial adviser in a 1953 transit dispute. He led a 1946 council committee investigating racial discrimination in the city. The report, which unveiled discrimination against Jewish, African American, and Italian-American students in post-graduate medical schools, was adopted by the council and President Truman's Commission on Civil Rights.
Hart also contributed to his community as president of the Hebrew Educational Society of Brooklyn from 1949 to 1951.
Death Hart died from a heart ailment at Brooklyn Jewish Hospital and Medical Center, at age 75.
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judge for Brooklyn and Staten Island (1894–1969)
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Walter R. Hart died in 1969.
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Walter R. Hart was a judge.
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