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Edgar Cahn

Overview

  • Born
    March 23, 1935 · Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
  • Died
    January 23, 2022 · Bethesda, Maryland, USA (congestive heart failure)
  • Birth name
    Edgar Stuart Cahn

Biography

  • Edgar Cahn was born on March 23, 1935 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA. He was married to Christine Gray and Jean Camper. He died on January 23, 2022 in Bethesda, Maryland, USA.

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  • Spouses
      Christine Gray(2000 - 2022) (his death)
      Jean Camper(1957 - 1991) (her death, 2 children)

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  • He received a degree in English literature at Swarthmore. At Yale, he earned a master's degree and a PhD in English, and graduated from Yale Law School.
  • He was an attorney who worked to promote social justice and helped establish the largest source of funding of civil legal aid for low-income Americans, the Legal Services Program. He also helped develop the concept of service credits used for time banking, a barter system in which people trade services.

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