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379 acknowledgments It is impossible to mention all the people who have contributed to a book that reflects my life experience. I am grateful to my mother and father and extended family who taught me to have pride in my heritage as an American citizen and be resolute in my commitment to the equality of all human beings. Without the courage of national leaders who have opened doors for me and shown me the path of a responsible citizenship, I would not have had the opportunities and blessings of working on challenging issues and contributing to solutions. To mention but a few: Presidents Dwight Eisenhower, Lyndon Johnson, and Gerald Ford, Presidents George W. Bush and William J. Clinton and their families; Vice Presidents Nelson Rockefeller, Dick Cheney, and Joseph Biden; Boston Brahmins Elliot Richardson, Henry Shattuck, and William Putnam Bundy; Brahmins of color Charles Houston, Chief Judge William H. Hastie, Justice Thurgood Marshall and Cecilia Marshall, Julius Chambers, Raymond Pace Alexander and Sadie T. Alexander, General Colin Powell, Vernon Jordan, Robert Tresville, Dr. Melvin Chisum and Dr. Gloria Chisum; Supreme Court justices Felix Frankfurter, Earl Warren, Hugo Black, Steven Breyer, Ruth Ginsburg, Sandra Day O’Connor, Anthony Scalia, John Paul Stevens, David Souter, and Clarence Thomas; law school deans and professors Erwin Griswold, Paul Freund, Henry Hart,Thomas Reid Powell, Lon Fuller, Jack Greenberg, Charles Ogletree Jr., and John Hart Ely (who was also my general counsel at the Department of Transportation); law firm leaders Louis Weiss, Richardson Dilworth, Warren Christopher, Lloyd K. Garrison, James Wilson, John Hannum, and Cy Vance; Judges Louis Pollak (also a dean of both Yale and Pennsylvania Law Schools, law professor, fellow law clerk, and lifelong friend), Herbert F. Goodrich, Learned Hand, Edward Becker, Robert Carter, and Constance Baker Motley; Philadelphia colleagues Harold Kohn, Sam Evans, and Jean Palmer Greer Zeiter; cabinet officers Dean 07-0488-1 epi_and_acks.indd 379 9/13/10 1:06 PM 380 / Acknowledgments Acheson, Henry Stimson, Carla Hills, Henry Kissinger, Edward Levi, Jim Lynn, Condoleezza Rice, Don Rumsfeld, and Hank Paulson; business leaders David Rockefeller, Steve Friedman, Don Kendall, Tom Watson, Joe Robert, and Walter Wriston; 100 senators but especially Hugh Scott, Ted Kennedy, Howard Baker, Orrin Hatch, and Arlen Specter; Transportation Department colleagues John Barnum, John Snow, Carmen Turner, Judith Connor, Mike Browne, Ted Leland, Don Bliss, Heather Adams, and Elaine Jones (who was also my fellow warrior at the LDF). Each of these individuals—and many more—have touched me with fire. To any I have omitted, forgive me, please. In the preparation of this book, I am grateful to my coauthor, Don Bliss, former ambassador, top lawyer at the Department of Transportation, and law partner; Patricia Hass, senior editor and adviser; Ellen Sandel, my administrative assistant; Andrew Eveleth, senior paralegal; Doris Beckett, assistant to Don Bliss; Judge Louis Pollak; Elaine Jones; Debbie Fisher; Martha Cocker; and my daughter Lovida Jr. Many scholars, from Richard Kluger in Simple Justice to David Nichols in A Matter of Justice, have thoroughly plowed the ground, to which I add only some personal recollections. I hope I have given them all proper credit. I have tried to capture the spirit of some conversations that took place a long time ago, but I accept any flaws in memory as my responsibility only. I am blessed with a wonderful family of independent thinkers and fierce advocates who chart their own course: my children, William T. III, Lovida Jr., and Hardin, and their children, Flavia, Jesse, Aaron, Bill IV, and Amadeus. I am indebted most of all to my wife of sixty-six years, Lovida, who has endured beyond all measure my reliving the past, gently attempted (not always successfully ) to keep my ego contained, and served as my most cherished adviser, critic, and loving companion. William T. Coleman Jr. McLean, Virginia August 2010 07-0488-1 epi_and_acks.indd 380 9/13/10 1:06 PM ...

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