Theodore W. Kheel
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Theodore W. Kheel

American lawyer

Theodore Woodrow Kheel (May 9, 1914 – November 12, 2010) was an American attorney and labor mediator who played a key role in reaching resolutions of long-simmering labor disputes between managements and unions and resulting strikes in New York City and elsewhere in the United States, including the 114-day-long 1962–63 New York City newspaper strike that crippled the city's traditional media.2

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Born May 9, 1914, died Nov 12, 2010.1

Companies

Early life and education

  • Date not recordedCornell University3
  • Date not recordedDeWitt Clinton High School3
  • Date not recordedCornell Law School3

Kheel was born on May 9, 1914, in Brooklyn and was named for U.S. Presidents Roosevelt and Wilson. He attended DeWitt Clinton High School. Kheel received a B.A. degree from Cornell University in 1935 and was awarded his law degree from Cornell Law School in 1937. At Cornell, Kheel was elected to the Sphinx Head Society. He took a position with the National Labor Relations Board in 1938 and worked for the National War Labor Board during World War II, mediating labor disputes as part of an effort to maintain productivity of material needed for the ongoing war. Kheel was hired by New York City after the war and became the director of the city's department of labor relations in 1947.

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Career

Occupation: lawyer.5

Personal life

  • CitizenshipUnited States6