Oscar Sydney Cox (December 3, 1905 – October 4, 1966) was an American lawyer and judge.[1]
Cox attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology and earned two degrees from Yale University Bachelor of Philosophy (1927) and a Bachelor of Laws (1929). He was associated with the well-known law firm Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft in New York City. From 1934 to 1938, Cox served as assistant corporation counsel for taxes. In 1938, he left New York City for a post with the United States Department of the Treasury. In 1941, Cox was appointed general counsel of the Lend-Lease Administration and the Office for Emergency Management (1941-1943).[1]
Cox was born on December 3, 1905, in Portland, Maine, to a Jewish family.[2] His son, Warren J. Cox (born 1935) is a well-known architect. Cox died on October 4, 1966, in Washington, D. C.[1]
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