Donald P Rothschild

RESUME

Don Rothschild was born 80 years ago in Dayton, Ohio. For 57 of those years he was lucky enough to be married to Ruth, who was born in Cleveland, Ohio. They have three children, and four grandchildren.

Don enlisted in the Navy during World War II when he was 17 years old and spent two years aboard ship in the Pacific theatre. After discharge, he attended the University of Michigan, where he met Ruth. Don spent the next 12 years, as an executive in the retail business in Ohio. He turned over most of the joys of child rearing, by attending Toledo University College of Law at night where he graduated summa cum laude, and received a Fellowship in Law Teaching at Harvard Law School, where he received a master's degree in law.

After 23 years of teaching labor, employment and disability law at George Washington University Law School. He retired emeritus and a distinguished research chair is named in his

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Honor. Don and Ruth then moved east where Don continued teaching at New York Law School, chaired their clinical operation, and represented the School for a decade during labor organization and contracts. During this period, Don and Ruth bought a home in Rhode Island. He was hired as a partner at Tillinghast, Collins & Graham to head their labor department. In practice, he participated in numerous activities that dealt with mental health and disability law, including work with the Rhode Island government. After retiring from teaching for a decade in New York, Don became general counsel for the Groden Network, which is an internationally known Center for the treatment of autism and mental retardation. He was also elected to the National Association of College and University Attorneys representing Brown University.

Ruth and Don spent 10 years visiting Sanibel Island for vacations, purchased a condominium in Captains Walk in March 2004, and now rent a home off of East Rocks . Ruth loves Great Books, and Don is a member of Writers Group, is a painting student of Gale Bennett.

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