Oscar Sydney Cox (December 3, 1905 – October 4, 1966) was an American lawyer and judge. Among other positions, he was General Counsel of both the Lend-Lease Administration and the Office of Emergency Management; Assistant Solicitor General of the United States; General Counsel, Foreign Economic Administration; and Deputy Administrator, Foreign Economic Administration.
Biography
Cox attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology and earned two degrees from Yale University: a Bachelor of Philosophy (1927) and a Bachelor of Laws (1929). He was associated with the law firm Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft in New York City. From 1934 to 1938, Cox served as assistant corporation counsel for taxes. In 1938, he left New York City for a post with the United States Department of the Treasury. In 1941, Cox was appointed general counsel of the Lend-Lease Administration and the Office for Emergency Management (1941-1943).
Cox was born on December 3, 1905, in Portland, Maine, to a Jewish family. His son, Warren J. Cox (born 1935) is a well-known architect. Cox died on October 4, 1966, in Washington, D. C.
References
- ^ "Oscar S. Cox Papers". Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum. Retrieved 15 October 2014.
- Peck, Abraham J.; Peck, Jean M. (2007). Maine's Jewish Heritage. Arcadia Publishing. pp. 110–. ISBN 9780738549651. Retrieved 15 October 2014.