Guide to the Solis Horwitz Papers, 1945-1971 UA.90.F63
Repository
ULS Archives & Special Collections
Title
Solis Horwitz Papers
Creator
Horwitz, Solis
Collection Number
UA.90.F63
Extent
4.56 Linear Feet(2 records center and 3 oversize boxes)
Date
1945-1971
Date
1952-1967
Abstract
This collection consists of scrapbooks, invitations, awards, and correspondence documenting Solis Horwitz's work within the federal government, 1945-1971. Horwitz was a University of Pittsburgh alumni and professor from 1968-1972.
Language
English
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Author
Archives Service Center Staff. Revisions occurred to the finding aid as a part of the encoding process on September 15, 2004.
Publisher
ULS Archives & Special Collections
Address
University of Pittsburgh Library System Archives & Special Collections Website: library.pitt.edu/archives-special-collections Business Number: 412-648-3232 (Thomas) | 412-648-8190 (Hillman) Contact Us: www.library.pitt.edu/ask-archivist URL: http://library.pitt.edu/archives-special-collections
Biography
The Honorable Solis Horwitz was born in 1910 and died in 1972. Horwitz earned both an A.B. (1930) and an A.M. (1932) from the University of Pittsburgh. He then went on to receive an LL.B. from Harvard Law School (1936) and started a private law practice in Pittsburgh the following year where he worked before joining the U.S Army in 1942. He served in the army until the end of World War II and then became Deputy Cheif Counsel of the International Prosecution Section, SCAP, for the trial of major war criminals before the International Tribunal for the Far East, Tokyo, 1945-1948.
Horwitz held many other positions over the next two decades including: Counsel, House Armed Services Committee for B-36 Investigation and Strategy and Unification Hearings, 1949; Council to the Chairman, National Security Resources Board, Executive Office of the President, 1950-1951; General Council, Reconstruction Finance Corporation, 1951-1953; Counsel to the Senate Committee on Government, 1954; Private practice, Pittsburgh and Washington, D.C., 1954-1957; Counsel to Senate Democratic Policy Committee, Senate Special Committee on Aeronautics and Space, and Preparedness Investigating Subcommittee of Senate Armed Services Committee for Missiles and Satellites Investigation, 1957-1960; Private practice, Washington, D.C., 1960; Director, Organizational and Management Planning, Office of the Secretary of Defense, 1961-1964; and Assistant Secretary of Defense for Administration, 1964-1968.
Horwitz resigned from the Department of Defense, where he had worked since the beginning of the Kennedy administration, in 1968 to take a position as professor at the University of Pittsburgh. He taught within several departments including Political Science, the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs (GSPIA), and the Law School. Horwitz was a professor at the University until his death in 1972. He taught Political Science 20: American Political Process, a Seminar in Decision Making in National Security, Modern Social Legislation, and a Seminar on the Separation of Powers. Please refer to the Biography (Box 1 Folder 1) folder for more detail on his government career.
Scope and Content Notes
This collection primarily focuses on Horwitz's professional activities in the United States Government, 1945-1968. Policies and reports, some classified at the time, are included and relate to his capacity as legal counselor and administrator at the Depart of Defense. Three extensive scrapbooks (Box 2-3) document both professional and personal events in his career in the government, 1961-1969, with 213 photos and numerous clippings. Also included are diplomas and certificates earned by Horwitz along with correspondence with government associates and presidential libraries.
Note: This collection is located on the oversized shelves
Access Restrictions
No restrictions.
Acquisition Information
This collection was accessioned June 1999.
Previous Citation
Solis Horwitz Collection, 1945-1971, UA.90.F63, University Archives, Archives Service Center, University of Pittsburgh
Preferred Citation
Solis Horwitz Collection, 1945-1971, UA.90.F63, University Archives, Archives & Special Collections, University of Pittsburgh Library System
Processing Information
This collection was processed by ASC Staff in 2004.
Revision and rearrangement for the encoded version of the finding aid provided by Dan Horvath on September 15, 2004. Information about the collection title and the controlled access terms was extracted from the MARC record in the University of Pittsburgh catalog Voyager ID number: 3932884
Copyright
Permission for publication is given on behalf of the University of Pittsburgh as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
Subjects
Corporate Names
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
United States. Department of Defense
Kaiser-Frazer Corp
Personal Names
McCarthy, Joseph
Horwitz, Solis
Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines)
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald)
Geographic Names
United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1989
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