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  Bernard L. Schwartz - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bernard Leon Schwartz (born 1926, Brooklyn, New York) is the Chairman of the Board and CEO of Loral Space and Communications, Chairman and CEO of KandF Industries, Inc., former Chairman and CEO of Loral Corp., and former president and CEO of Globalstar.
Prior to his involvement with Loral, Schwartz was an accountant on Wall Street.
Schwartz earned a B.S. in finance and an honorary doctorate of science from City University of New York.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bernard_L._Schwartz   (162 words)

  
 Bernard Schwartz - Chairman - Loral Space & Communications - Biography
Schwartz is chairman of the board of K & F Industries, Inc., a worldwide leader in the manufacture of aircraft wheels, brakes and brake control systems and a major producer of aircraft fuel tanks, de-icing equipment and specialty coated fabrics for commercial and military applications.
Schwartz has been recognized for his views and counsel on matters ranging from economic growth and industrial policy to technology and national security, which he has provided through speeches, white papers and testimony to private research institutions, educators and congressional committees.
Schwartz is a member of the board, sponsors the Distinguished Speakers Series and funds a collaborative program between the Society and the New School that provides for two post-doctoral Fellows in American History and four summer internships.
www.loral.com /investorrelations/bernard_schwartz.html   (642 words)

  
 Northwestern Freshman Bernard Schwartz Named Winner   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Bernard Schwartz, a freshman at Northwestern University, covered the men's and women's golf teams for the school newspaper, the Daily Northwestern.
Schwartz won a monetary stipend, a certificate in recognition of his honor and is eligible to be considered for an internship with Golf Digest.
Schwartz, who will be a sophomore at Northwestern this fall, was selected as the overall winner by a panel of editors at Golf Digest.
www.cgfgolf.org /journalismaward00.htm   (337 words)

  
 Bernard Schwartz, 85   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Bernard Schwartz, a film producer who prided himself on showcasing stories that demonstrated what he called "triumph of the human spirit," such as "Coal Miner's Daughter" and "Sweet Dreams," has died.
Schwartz decided to find out and went off to Tennessee, where Cline had died in the crash of a small plane in 1963 at age 30, and to her hometown of Winchester, W.Va. Lacking any biography to work from, he amassed 800 pages of interviews and information.
Schwartz switched to science fiction for the 1959 film "Journey to the Center of the Earth," based on Jules Verne's novel and starring James Mason and Pat Boone.
www.patsycline.info /news/schwartz.html   (726 words)

  
 Clinton-Loral: Anatomy of a Mutually Rewarding Relationship
Schwartz said in the interview that there was "no linkage" between his generosity to the president and his party and Clinton's favorable decision.
Schwartz and Loral are under scrutiny by the Justice Department and Congress over allegations that Loral shared sensitive technical data with the Chinese government, data that may have enhanced the reliability of their long-range military missiles.
Schwartz's political sensibilities were shaped by the party that sent his family a turkey and two bags of coal every holiday season and the policies of President Roosevelt.
home.earthlink.net /~founders/chinaschwartz.htm   (1590 words)

  
 Loral Chief Bernard Schwartz Seeks One More Feat: Salvaging Globalstar [Free Republic]
Schwartz, who also serves as Globalstar's chairman and leading cheerleader, the result is a crisis that has prompted concern, disbelief and even ridicule from some who considered him an icon of the space and defense industries.
Schwartz's proudest achievement, Globalstar may be remembered as his worst setback, akin to the big Iridium satellite-phone project that collapsed in mid-1999 and now, out of bankruptcy, operates in sharply scaled-back form.
Schwartz mused that "the world looks pretty good from here." Next to rows of big-screen computers was a huge wall-mounted "melon map." Eliptical yellow lines traced each satellite's orbit, turning turquoise when it passed close enough to allow communication with one of the receiving antennas.
www.freerepublic.com /forum/a3a7197863262.htm   (2773 words)

  
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Schwartz begins with the observation that the Court is both "mirror and motor," that it sometimes reflects society and sometimes pushes society to move in certain directions.
Schwartz admits there was opposition to the practice, but the entire discussion has about it a teleological sense of the inevitability of judicial review.
Schwartz never really considers the depth or the credibility of opposition to judicial review, in large part because, as he himself notes in several places, he takes for granted the centrality of judicial review to the constitutional order as a whole.
www.bsos.umd.edu /gvpt/lpbr/subpages/reviews/schwartz.htm   (1302 words)

  
 Schwartz CEPA
Bernard L. Schwartz is chairman of the board and chief executive officer of Loral Space & Communications headquartered in New York City.
Schwartz has gained significant recognition for his views and counsel on matters ranging from economic growth and industrial policy to technology and national security, which he has provided through speeches, white papers and testimony to private research institutions, educators and Congressional Committees.
Schwartz served for 24 years as chairman of Loral Corporation, a Fortune 200 designer and manufacturer of advanced, state-of-the-art defense systems and hardware.
www.newschool.edu /cepa/schwartz.htm   (320 words)

  
 Bernard L. Schwartz Establishes Chair at Brookings
Bernard L. Schwartz, chairman of the board and chief executive officer of Loral Space & Communications, has established the new Bernard L. Schwartz Chair in International Economics at The Brookings Institution, Brookings President Strobe Talbott announced today.
Schwartz has been recognized for his views and counsel on matters ranging from economic growth and industrial policy to technology and national security, which he has provided through speeches, white papers and testimony to private research institutions, educational groups and congressional committees.
"Bernard Schwartz has devoted his life to investing in ideas that matter, and we're delighted to have his trust and counsel as we unravel the consequences of globalization for our nation and the world," Talbott said.
www.brook.edu /comm/news/20050804.htm   (529 words)

  
 Bernard Schwartz Gave Heavily To Democrats - May 22, 1998
Schwartz gave more than $620,000 to the Democrats in 1996, more than any other single donor, and he has given a total of more than $1 million to Democratic causes since 1991.
Schwartz was even considered as a candidate for secretary of defense two years ago, although ex-Republican Sen. William Cohen ultimately got the job.
Schwartz attended at least three White House events -- a holiday party, a Kennedy Center event and a state dinner for British Prime Minister Tony Blair -- in the three months before his firm got the February 1998 waiver that allowed it to do business with China.
www.cnn.com /ALLPOLITICS/1998/05/22/schwartz.profile   (504 words)

  
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Bernard Schwartz has done much in his previous works to illuminate the inter-workings of the Court and the interactions among the Justices.
Schwartz notes the change in the decision process from the personal contacts and one-on-one oral deliberations of the Warren Court to the written exchanges and circulation of draft opinions as the primary, if not sole, form of communication in the Burger and especially Rehnquist Court.
Schwartz suggests that the post-draft opinion stage is the most crucial as language, rationale, and even votes change.
www.bsos.umd.edu /gvpt/lpbr/subpages/reviews/schwartz1.htm   (1682 words)

  
 Bernard Schwartz - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tony Curtis, the actor, born as Bernard Schwartz
Bernard L. Schwartz, CEO of Loral Space and Communications
Bernard Schwartz, Academy Award–nominated producer of the film Coal Miner's Daughter
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bernard_Schwartz   (104 words)

  
 Irene & Bernard L. Schwartz Lecture Series
Generously supported by Irene and Bernard L. Schwartz, this Lecture Series is part of the Program in Markets, Equality and Democracy, aimed at understanding the legal, institutional and cultural conditions under which the profit-seeking activities of private firms serve broader social goals in a global economy.
THE SCOPE OF THE IRENE and BERNARD L. This program is based at New School University in the Graduate Faculty Bernard Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis (CEPA).
Bernard L. Schwartz is chairman of the board and chief executive officer of Loral Space & Communications Ltd., one of the world’s largest satellite manufacturing and satellite services companies, headquartered in New York City.
www.newschool.edu /schwartz   (306 words)

  
 Bernard L. Schwartz -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Schwartz grew up in the (Click link for more info and facts about Bensonhurst) Bensonhurst neighborhood of (Click link for more info and facts about Brooklyn, New York) Brooklyn, New York.
In 1997 he celebrated his 71st birthday with (A piece of paper money (especially one issued by a central bank)) Bill and (Click link for more info and facts about Hillary Clinton) Hillary Clinton at the (The government building that serves as the residence and office of the President of the United States) White House.
Prior to his involvement with Loral, Schwartz was an (Someone who maintains and audits business accounts) accountant on (A street in lower Manhattan where the New York Stock Exchange is located; symbol of American finance) Wall Street.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/b/be/bernard_l._schwartz.htm   (198 words)

  
 Orbiter of Power
Schwartz, who declined to be interviewed for this article, is an anomaly in the aerospace industry, which is mostly captained by Republican-leaning engineers and former military officers who fly their own planes.
In fact, Schwartz has been the industry's most aggressive buyer and seller for years, and each of his many deals was approved in short order by the Pentagon and the White House.
Schwartz's current goal, according to Loral lobbyist Steven Flajser, is to obtain a rewrite of a 1964 international agreement that limits how many companies can get into the global satellite business.
www.motherjones.com /news/special_reports/coinop_congress/97mojo_400/profile1.html   (1150 words)

  
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Schwartz's contacts with the Clinton administration are under a microscope now as the Justice Department and Congress is investigating how his company came to get the February waiver on China.
Schwartz once told a reporter it would be inappropriate for him - and embarrassing to Clinton - to use his political support to gain favors.
Schwartz is a lifelong Democrat whose grandfather was a Tammany Hall functionary in turn-of-the-century New York.
www.usatoday.com /news/index/finance/ncfin281.htm   (840 words)

  
 Wolf Haldenstein Adler Freeman and Herz LLP Announces the Filing of an Amended Class Action Complaint on Behalf of ...
On October 14, 2003, Wolf Haldenstein announced that it was filing a complaint against Bernard Schwartz arising out of additional allegations which provided a basis to expand the class period from May 14, 2003, to July 15, 2003.
Bernard Schwartz, et al., 03 CV 8262, was filed on October 17, 2003, in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.
Bernard Schwartz, et al., 03 CV 8262, is on behalf of all persons who purchased or acquired the securities of Loral between July 31, 2002, through June 29, 2003, inclusive, (the "Class Period") against defendant Bernard Schwartz and Richard J. Townsend, the Company's Chief Financial Officer during the Class Period.
www.prnewswire.com /cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/12-08-2003/0002071784&EDATE=   (856 words)

  
 washingtonpost.com: Campaign Finance Special Report
And Schwartz pointed out that during the same period that he has made major political contributions he also has given more than $10 million to hospitals and schools and more than $18 million to Loral employees – half the $36 million bonus he received in the 1996 sale of Loral Corp. to Lockheed Martin.
Schwartz has always been a loner, shunned by his fellow CEOs in the defense and space industry – the only liberal Democrat, as well as the only non-engineer to lead a major aerospace company in recent years.
Schwartz was enlisted by another industry executive to be one of the signers of a letter to Clinton asking the president to approve the transfer of satellite export licensing from the State Department to Commerce.
www.washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/politics/special/campfin/stories/loral052598.htm   (1519 words)

  
 Bernard Schwartz Forum
Schwartz believes that the enormous benefits Americans have gained from economic and technological progress over the past century are just a beginning.
Schwartz's belief that this growth in world productivity can provide the resources to resolve many of the problems that appear to be -- or are claimed to be -- the consequences of globalization.
It is in this spirit that he has decided to support a serious academic inquiry into the factors contributing to growth in global productivity and policies that can help: 1) to sustain that growth; and 2) to distribute the benefits of that growth so that they are shared as widely as possible.
www.sais-jhu.edu /centers/schwartzforum   (271 words)

  
 washingtonpost.com: Campaign Finance Key Player – Bernard Schwartz
Schwartz, a lifelong Democrat and longtime political donor, dramatically ratcheted up his giving after President Clinton took office, contributing more than $1 million to Democratic party committees since then.
But as a result of his contributions, Schwartz is at the center of Justice Department and congressional investigations into allegations related to Chinese missile technology.
Schwartz, a self-described "Democratic populist" who has spent his career in an industry dominated by Republicans, says the "confluence" of his own increased contributions and the Clinton administration's favorable treatment of his company was "just coincidence."
www.washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/politics/special/campfin/players/schwartz.htm   (316 words)

  
 Bernard Schwartz/Loral's Globalstar stock up 200%, Other Satellite Service Providers Failing... [Free Republic]
Bernard Scwartz'z "Globalstar" is showing a 200% increase in their stock value and service in more than 100 countries.
Schwartz believed the study's findings, but not enough to want Loral to bear the full weight of the multibillion-dollar investment needed to build the system.
Schwartz had to get Clinton to personally sign a waiver in July of 1996 that Commerce official William Reinsch worked on in 1995, prior to Commerce oversight of the Loral satellites.
www.freerepublic.com /forum/a3811424b01fe.htm   (5352 words)

  
 Moneyline Interview: Loral CEO Bernard Schwartz - May 21, 1998
The launch vehicle itself that Loral is accused of and along with Hughes of exporting sensitive technology to China.
SCHWARTZ: Well, the focus of the company, it's exactly where it should be.
SCHWARTZ: Well, I'd like to remind you that the aerospace industry is very important to the U.S. economy.
www.cnn.com /ALLPOLITICS/1998/05/21/interview.schwartz   (1020 words)

  
 DADDY WARBUCKS LIVES!
In 1994 Bernard Schwartz, CEO of Loral Aerospace, went to China with Commerce Secretary Ron Brown.
Schwartz flew to China he hoped to make a sale or two, perhaps to offset the large DNC donation checks he had just written.
Schwartz actually carried papers of authorization from his friend Bill with him to China.
www.softwar.net /loral.html   (813 words)

  
 Loral Contributions Under Fire   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
In the 1996 election cycle, Loral CEO, Bernard L. Schwartz, was the single largest individual donor to the Democrats.
Since 1995, Schwartz and his wife Irene contributed $1,122,000 to federal campaigns, of which $1,089,750 went to Democratic candidates and party committees.
Altogether, Schwartz, Loral, and Loral employees contributed $2.4 million to federal candidates and national party committees since 1991, $2 million of it to Democrats.
www.crp.org /pubs/loral.htm   (244 words)

  
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Defendant Bernard Schwartz ("Schwartz") is a resident and citizen of the State of New York.
On information and belief, Defendant Schwartz was selected to participate in the Commerce Department's trade mission to China due at least in part to his $100,000 contribution to the DNC, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 201, 371 and 600, among other applicable laws.
Because Defendant Schwartz' conduct was unlawful and/or resulted in unlawful acts, the decision to engage in such conduct was not a permissible exercise of reasonable business judgment.
www.judicialwatch.org /archive/ois/cases/chinagate-loral/lcomplaint.htm   (5029 words)

  
 Amazon.com: A History of the Supreme Court: Books: Bernard Schwartz   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Schwartz's account of the modern court, especially that headed by Warren, is lively and savvy, with a moderate-liberal slant.
The other major theme in Schwartz's narrative is the switch from the primacy of property rights in the 19th century, to the supremacy of personal rights in the 20th.
Schwartz also covers four of what he considers to be "watershed" cases, and goes into some detail as to the reason why the cases were accepted, deliberations, and how each justice reacted in deciding the cases.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0195093879?v=glance   (2567 words)

  
 WorldNetDaily: Loral: Going to the Schwartz side   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
While Schwartz says his company never sought special treatment, the meeting, according to a Loral attachment, was to ask Russia to change their "GLONASS" navigation satellite system to another radio frequency.
However, Shen Jun was hired at Hughes in August of 1994 at the same time when Loral CEO Bernard Schwartz was visiting with the elder Shen in Beijing.
Despite the denials, Bernard Schwartz was clearly involved on a global scale in military affairs.
www.worldnetdaily.com /news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=20555   (1351 words)

  
 WorldNetDaily: Some dare call it treason
Still, Schwartz got his point across, and before this election cycle was over, he would officially donate more than $630,000 in soft money to the DNC — 50 times what he had given in the last presidential election.
What Brown and Schwartz were doing was treasonous, she thought, and said so in no uncertain terms.
Under pressure from Schwartz, the president approved the waiver, and the prosecution came to naught.
www.worldnetdaily.com /news/printer-friendly.asp?ARTICLE_ID=38329   (909 words)

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