James Marshall (4) (1896–1986)

[excerpted from obituary]
A man of many interests, Mr. Marshall wrote six books on political science and legal psychology, as well as a novel and children's stories. Although he pursued an active legal career from his admission to the bar in 1921 until he was well in his 80's, Mr. Marshall found time to become an activist in such areas as education, international relations, Jewish affairs, environmental concerns, and New York politics. He was a member of the American Jewish Committee from 1930 until his death. An abiding love of nature and the wilderness... led to his becoming a founder and, later, a vice president of the National Resources Defense Council.

Mr. Marshall attended the Ethical Culture School, the Columbia University School of Journalism, and the Columbia Law School, from which he graduated in 1920. His education was interrupted by service as a second lieutenant in the Army Sanitation Corps in France in World War I.

Fiorello H. LaGuardia appointed him to the Board of Education. In 1942, after four one-year terms as head, Mr. Marshall declined a fifth term, and urged that the leadership be rotated. But he remained a member of the board for another decade.

Mr. Marshall was an adjunct professor at the New York University Graduate School of Public Administration from 1959 to 1965.