Zone d'identification
Type d'entité
Personne
Forme autorisée du nom
Slate, John H.
forme(s) parallèle(s) du nom
Forme(s) du nom normalisée(s) selon d'autres conventions
- Slate, John H., 1913-1967
Autre(s) forme(s) du nom
- John H. Slate
- John Slate
Numéro d'immatriculation des collectivités
Zone de description
Dates d’existence
1913-1967
Historique
John H. Slate was a classmate of Merton's at Columbia University. He was a lawyer with the firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher and Flom in New York, and specialized in aviation law. In addition, he contributed humorous pieces to «Fortune», «The Atlantic Monthly», and «The Saturday Evening Post». Merton had heard reports about Slate from other Columbia alumni friends, but had not been in direct contact for many years. Slate died of a heart attack later in that same year they were in contact concerning the literary estate.