Edward Levi

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United States Attorney General human legal scholar university president

Edward Levi was an American legal scholar and former president of the University of Chicago who served as U.S. Attorney General, where he is credited with restoring integrity to the Justice Department after the Watergate scandal.

Aliases (1)

Edward H. Levi ×2

Statements (39)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States Attorney General → human → legal scholar → university president →
affiliation	University of Chicago Law School →
appointedBy	Gerald Ford →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
describedBySource	accounts of post-Watergate Justice Department reforms →
educatedAt	University of Chicago → Yale University →
employer	University of Chicago →
familyName	Levi →
fieldOfWork	law → legal education → public administration →
genre	legal scholarship →
givenName	Edward →
hasHonor	high reputation for integrity in public service →
influenced	FBI investigative guidelines → modern standards for DOJ independence →
memberOf	faculty of the University of Chicago Law School →
nativeLanguage	English →
notableFor	reforming guidelines for FBI investigations → restoring integrity to the U.S. Department of Justice after the Watergate scandal → strengthening the independence of the U.S. Department of Justice →
notableWork	Contributions to antitrust law scholarship → Leadership of the U.S. Department of Justice post-Watergate →
occupation	Attorney General of the United States → law professor → legal scholar → university administrator →
partOf	Ford administration →
positionHeld	Dean of the University of Chicago Law School → President of the University of Chicago → United States Attorney General →
residence	Chicago, Illinois →
sexOrGender	male →
workLocation	Chicago, Illinois → Washington, D.C. →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Gerald Ford administration →	cabinetMember
University of Chicago Law School ("Edward H. Levi") →	hasNotableAlumnus
ABA Medal ("Edward H. Levi") →	hasRecipient