Edgar S. Cahn
Edgar S. Cahn | |
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Cahn in 2012 | |
| Born | Edgar Stuart Cahn March 23, 1935 New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Died | January 23, 2022 (aged 86) |
| Education | Swarthmore College (BA) Yale University (MA, PhD, LLB) |
| Occupation(s) | Lawyer, author, educator |
| Spouses | |
| Children | 2 |
Edgar Stuart Cahn (March 23, 1935 – January 23, 2022) was an American law professor, a counsel and speech writer to Robert F. Kennedy, and the creator of TimeBanking. He co-founded the Antioch School of Law (now the David A. Clarke School of Law at the University of the District of Columbia) with his late wife, Jean Camper Cahn. Cahn has also held positions at the University of Miami School of Law, Florida International University, the London School of Economics, and a visiting fellow at the Center for the Study of Human Rights at Columbia University. In later life, Cahn devoted most of his professional effort to TimeBanks USA, now TimeBanks.Org, a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization he established in 1995.