Arthur Goldberg

Arthur Goldberg

LBJ Library Collection

Recognized Achievement: 
Presidential Medal of Freedom
US Ambassador
US Cabinet
US Supreme Court Justice
Bio: 

Arthur Goldberg (August 8, 1908 - 1990) - President Kennedy's first appointed Goldberg Secretary of Labor and later to the U.S. Supreme Court. His time on the court was short because President Johnson asked him to serve as Ambassador to the United Nations. Goldberg, hoped for a reappointment to the court later in his career, but it never came. in 1977, President Carter made Goldberg United States Ambassador to the Belgrade Conference on Human Rights and awarded him the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1978. In 2008, it was revealed that Goldberg served as a spy in the Office of Strategic Services, a forerunner to the CIA, during World War II.

CPS Schools Attended: 
Herzl Elementary School
Harrison High School