Death. Molinaro said Morgenthau's "legacy continues" in Dutchess, especially. /Type /Outlines He reached out to his friends, one of whom was Cleveland Dodge, says Bob. 722 722 722 722 722 722 1000 722 From 1975 until his retirement in 2009, he was the District Attorney for New York County , the borough of Manhattan . As Manhattan's district attorney, there were a lot of hard days. They dont lose when there is an acquittal. /Widths [ Robert Morris Morgenthau (1919-07-31)July 31, 1919 New York City, U.S. Died July 21, 2019(2019-07-21)(aged 99) New York City, U.S. Germany was very influential in what was going on in Turkey. He joined the U.S. Navy one day after graduating Amherst College in 1941 and spent 4 years in the service during World War II, earning the rank of lieutenant commander while seeing action aboard destroyers in the Mediterranean and the Pacific. This memorial has been copied to your clipboard. That premise was put to the test in the Central Park Five case, one of the most sensational prosecutions handled by his office. [3], In 1961, after twelve years of practicing corporate law, Morgenthau accepted an appointment from President John F. Kennedy as United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York. But he does know what his great-grandfather did next. Gestion; Touristiques; HND Up in smoke: from silk, to cigars, to New York City. I am the ambassador to the United States, which is 90 to 95 percent Christian. His office reaches $300 million settlement with banks in relation to Enron Corp. Convicts Tyco Corporation's CEO and CFO on 22 counts. 909 520 576 576 576 576 248 248 /FontBBox [ -628 -376 2000 1056 ] [11], Morgenthau retained a national profile while serving in what was technically a local office, in part because of his dogged pursuit of white-collar crime. endobj /Type /FontDescriptor In 1882, when he was 26, he married Josephine Sykes, with whom he had four children. ?j(*y|-? 'F4mBL@ G Z`X. 8TK[1)w{dnqTV|m#e]c3-)I,18}lR2paI /FontName /Arial "Mr. Morgenthau was the gold standard of prosecutors and the model public servant, dedicating his life to achieving justice and protecting the public over the course of a storied career as a federal prosecutor under two presidents and as the longest serving Manhattan DA in history," Cuomo said in a statement. /FontDescriptor 5 0 R Robert Morris Morgenthau (/mrn/ MORG-n-thaw; July 31, 1919 - July 21, 2019) was an American lawyer. Lucinda Franks Morgenthau talks about the Vassar Haiti Project at her Hopewell Junction home April 12, 2019. "He picked up a tradition of excellence started by Thomas Dewey and then Frank Hogan. >> /FontDescriptor 7 0 R You couldnt just text the White House and say, What do I do? It would take weeks and weeks for a communication to go back and forth., Of course, one could write, if only initially for oneself. 9 0 obj GREAT NEWS! deep local roots and a long legacy of public service, when met his second wife, 26-year-old reporter Lucinda Franks, Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy. /BaseFont /Arial,Bold As the years passed Henry Morgenthau also took control of some manufacturing businesses. This is a digitized version of an article from The Timess print archive, before the start of online publication in 1996. All photos appear on this tab and here you can update the sort order of photos on memorials you manage. He is a grandson of the late Henry Morgenthau Jr., who was Secretary of the Treasury in the Roosevelt Administration. Failed to remove flower. He didn't retire until 2009, and even then took on a job in which he was working five days a week. 520 687 265 297 576 576 576 576 Morgenthau cultivated a dignified, above-the-fray presence and was widely acknowledged by allies and foes alike as effective, nonpartisan and incorruptible. He was arrested twice while off duty and accused of sexually abusing a woman. In his twenty-five years in office, he supervised 3.5 million cases, including the high profile trials of subway vigilante Bernard Goetz; the Central Park "Preppie Killer" Robert Chambers; the Central Park Jogger case; the Bank of Credit and Commerce International fraud investigation; grifters Sante and Kenny Kimes; Tyco executives Dennis Kozlowski and Mark Swartz; Tupac Shakur; and John Lennon's murderer, Mark Chapman. 557 297 353 353 385 576 854 854 556 556 500 389 279 389 583 0 A system error has occurred. Thanks for using Find a Grave, if you have any feedback we would love to hear from you. See the article in its original context from. Morgenthau had a lifelong friendship with members of the Kennedy clan; he once cooked hot dogs with Eleanor Roosevelt for Great Britain's King George VI; on another occasion, he prepared a mint julep for Winston Churchill. 277 333 556 556 556 556 259 556 robert pattridge morgenthau 610 797 742 297 520 687 576 853 Morgenthau's office prosecuted mob boss John Gotti, "Preppie Killer" Robert Chambers Jr. and John Lennon's killer, Mark David Chapman. "All of my friends did. Please enter your email and password to sign in. Reopens Fishkill Farms with son Joshua Morgenthau. Use Escape keyboard button or the Close button to close the carousel. Robert Morgenthau, the legendary Manhattan district attorney who served from 1975 to 2009, died on Sunday at Lenox Hill Hospital in Manhattan, a week short of his 100th birthday. Among the assistant district attorneys who worked for Morgenthau were Andrew Cuomo, Eliot Spitzer and John F. Kennedy Jr. Cuomo in a statement called Morgenthau a "true New York hero whose dedication to public service and law was matched only by the impact he had on the young prosecutors and lawyers like me who worked for him.". Found more than one record for entered Email, You need to confirm this account before you can sign in. [9], Morgenthau was criticized in the press for his conduct in the wake of a major police corruption scandal. Are you sure that you want to report this flower to administrators as offensive or abusive? "I deeply respect his legacy and all that he has done within the region of the prosecutor," Rosenblatt said. Thirteen years after a female jogger was attacked in the infamous gang "wilding" spree, Morgenthau asked a judge in 2002 to throw out the convictions of five men because DNA evidence and another man's confession put them into question. [40], His first wife was Martha Pattridge, a Christian, whom he met in college;[41][42] they had five children: Joan Morgenthau Wadsworth, Anne Pattridge Morgenthau Grand, Robert Pattridge Morgenthau, Elinor Gates Morgenthau, and Barbara Elizabeth Morgenthau Lee. He was 99, just 10 days short of his 100th birthday. I would have lost. Year should not be greater than current year. Please try again later. PDF Robert Pattridge Morgenthau - Sec Morgenthau and his supporters claimed that replacing him would disrupt his work on vital cases,[citation needed] and that Nixon might be seeking to prevent Morgenthau from pursuing investigations that would prove embarrassing to the President or his friends. He had made two connections in New York who made a world of difference during that trip. In 2005, at age 86, Morgenthau was elected for the eighth and last time, turning back a challenge from Leslie Crocker Snyder, a popular former state judge. Matt Partridge - Wikipedia Her father is a vice president of the Ferro Products Corporation, a fabricator of structural steel, and executive vice president of Industrial Constructors, both in Charleston, W. Va. Born in New York City, his family had a history of public servitude. Flowers added to the memorial appear on the bottom of the memorial or here on the Flowers tab. He closely monitors the efforts to aid Armenians, such as those of the Armenian General Benevolent Union (AGBU), which Bob applauds for working hard to get the world to recognize the Genocide, and also to help Armenians living in Armenia. At the Museum of Jewish Heritage, where Bob is actively involved as a trustee, they commemorated the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide and had a group of Armenian clerics give speeches. Morgenthau's 100th birthday was celebrated early last month, at an event hosted by the Police Athletic League event, the charity for which Morgenthau served as chairman for more than half a century. However, Henry Morgenthau was indeed a lone American voice. The family home was near Franklin Delano Roosevelt's Springwood Estate at Hyde Park, New York, and he grew up acquainted with the future President. Morgenthaus office also prosecuted the mob boss John Gotti and former Tyco chief executive L Dennis Kozlowski, convicted of fraud and larceny in a case seen as an emblem of corporate excess. 777 722 722 722 722 666 666 610 I certainly can't speaks about the issues, she said. His grandfather, Henry Morgenthau Sr., was U.S. ambassador to the Ottoman Empire during World War I, and his father, Henry Morgenthau Jr., was secretary of the treasury under President Franklin D. Roosevelt, a family friend. You were on your own, notes Bob. Morgenthau, who was US attorney for New Yorks southern district during the Kennedy and Johnson administrations, became Manhattans top state prosecutor in 1974. In April, Franks and Morgenthau were honored by the Vassar Haiti Projectfor their achievements in the fields of international social justice and literature. 399 548 333 333 333 576 537 333 endobj "He did his work with humility and integrity, and created the prestige of the DA's office and New York is a better place because of him. To use this feature, use a newer browser. 277 333 556 556 556 556 279 556 He was 99, just 10 days short of his 100th birthday. As manager of this memorial you can add or update the memorial using the Edit button below. So I will do everything I can to stop you.. His stepmother, Lucinda Franks Morgenthau, is a writer and a visiting professor of journalism at Princeton University and was formerly a reporter with The New York Times. [12], At age 85 in 2005, Morgenthau announced that he would run for a ninth (eighth full) term as district attorney. Morgenthau officially endorsed Vance on June 25. 5 0 obj Mrs. Martha Pattridge Mar genthau, wife of Robert M. Morgenthau, former United State Attorney and former Deputy Mayor, died yesterday in Memorial Hospital for Can cer and Allied Diseases. Among prominent figures who served in the office was the late John F. Kennedy Jr., U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor and Snyder, who ran against him in 2005. /FontName /DDACTR+MicrosoftSansSerif Vance on Monday said Morgenthau was a hallowed figure among the prosecutors who worked for him. He also spread his ethical values and his integrity by providing an example for others throughout the country.". There also was the infamous Central Park jogger case of 1990, which has been back in the public consciousness with the recentNetflix series "When They See Us." Morgenthau left office in 2009, throwing his support to his eventual successor, Cy Vance. The office also produced guilty pleas from "Preppie Killer" Robert Chambers Jr. and John Lennon's killer, Mark David Chapman. endobj 31 Jul 1919. Share this memorial using social media sites or email. /Encoding /WinAnsiEncoding `T|HEiY> f %=%3k,1ow+B3roK8w?Yz@,d\RL!k6~OQnY(%fh43e ;?+D'B_7RQa7z*Ji$CR } Q*b|VRxWhbcftW ,{&2,+5K^N#EH &/@o@b|/7`~ozG1xTlAx tD4hU$?z^_sX!SMJfDaK9!t_m1O'KF;&hv5uu,%saM:U?1zqK6q?q]QRQ,]k mg4w{0T&'q_^km@`Iue7/m~Q}pN=uW##'} \mj\`yC35[d3 &f{'n3NApq. She loves to volunteer at our events with Vassar students, whom she provides with abundant and invaluable advice on writing and journalism. /FontBBox [ -665 -325 2000 1040 ] 610 610 389 556 333 610 556 777 /Subtype /TrueType "I thought if you're prosecuting teenagers and (people) who break into a grocery store, you've got to prosecute the people who put their money offshore in bank accounts and evade paying taxes," Morgenthau said. Political party Democratic Spouse(s) Martha Pattridge (m. 1943; died 1972) Lucinda Franks (m. 1977) Children 7 Parents Henry Morgenthau Jr. Elinor Fatman Relatives Henry Morgenthau III(brother) 333 736 370 556 583 0 736 552 In his position at the forefront of Manhattan's legal and political scene, Morgenthau cultivated a dignified, above-the-fray presence and was widely acknowledged by allies and foes alike as effective, nonpartisan and incorruptible. Morgenthau's grandfather, Henry Morgenthau Sr., was a wealthy investor and ambassador to Turkey under President Woodrow Wilson. I keep my assistant district attorney badge from the time I worked for Mr. Morgenthau on my desk as a daily reminder of his unrelenting pursuit of justice. As for Henry, upon arrival he spoke no English, but he was so motivated that by the age of 18 he had already graduated with a Bachelors degree from City College and from Columbia Law School two years later. [3] In 1962, he was the Democratic nominee for Governor of New York, and resigned his federal office. Morgenthau was forced out as federal prosecutor in January 1970 by President Richard M. Nixon after months of resisting political pressure to resign. robert pattridge morgenthau house joint resolution 192 of 1933 /Ascent 921 666 666 666 666 277 277 277 277 Afterward, Morgenthau served briefly in the reformist administration of Mayor John V. Lindsay as a deputy mayor, before resigning to seek the Democratic nomination for governor in 1970. /FontDescriptor 9 0 R R^bl}nU'QWN$hFF!-_c!cJ-FPCugqG)u1u]6L(9t 'k"Yeu. Bobs grandfather, Henry Morgenthau Jr., was the U.S. Secretary of Treasury serving chiefly during the Franklin Delano Roosevelt administration. There are no volunteers for this cemetery. Accueil; A propos; Formation. Try again later. He was not opposed in a general election from 1985 to 2005. He graduated from New Lincoln School, Deerfield Academy, and Amherst College prior to enlisting in the Navy during World War II. endobj 756 520 419 604 353 353 353 576 Robert Morgenthau Found in New York, New York! - See Phones, Email Robert Morgenthau: NYC legal legend, East Fishkill farmer, Vassar Haiti Project fetes Morgenthau, Franks for international social justice, literature, 102 years later, Fishkill Farms still in care of Morgenthau family, Love, respect bind polar political ties for Morgenthau, Franks, Young Professional: Fishkill Farms owner comes into his own, Morgenthau - A Dutchess County family dedicated to public service. Robert has 3 different addresses, the most recent of which is in New York, New York. They were mar ried Dec. 30, 1943. >> He desperately wanted to be mainstream American society. Associated Addresses 4682 Dodgewood Rd, Bronx, NY 10471 18 Dodge Hall, New York, NY 10027 97 Clarence D Lane Rd, Windham, NY 12496. He was the son of Elinor (ne Fatman) and Henry Morgenthau Jr., who served as the Secretary of the Treasury under Presidents Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Harry Truman from 1934 until 1945. Remove advertising from a memorial by sponsoring it for just $5. Rolison said Morgenthau "created so many different and innovative ways to help investigate crimes. 312 605 353 703 520 353 963 0 New York, New York County (Manhattan), New York, USA. I used to prune apple trees, ride horses. Previously sponsored memorials or famous memorials will not have this option. And if you ask the public, they will mention the remarkable ways he changed the criminal justice system and made New York a better place to live," his wife told NBC News. " /Encoding /WinAnsiEncoding State Supreme Court Justice Barry Warhit, the supervising judge for criminal courts in Dutchess, Westchester, Rockland, Putnam and Orange counties, began his career as a prosecutor in Morgenthaus office. With the conviction of the Kimes, he became the only prosecutor in history to convict a mother and son of murder without a body or a witness. "His accomplishments belie the fact that he was mortal.". Morgenthau was incredibly frustrated. 576 576 353 1020 687 353 1020 0 endobj Robert Morgenthau died on Sunday, 10 days before his 100th birthday. Robert Morgenthau, seen in this Sept. 18, 1962 file photo was the Democratic nominee for governor of New York in 1962, losing to Republican Nelson Rockefeller; he unsuccessfully sought the nomination again in 1970. Robert Morgenthau, longtime DA, 'Law & Order' inspiration, East