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Sylvan Hirshman Gotshal was an attorney and a founding partner of the law firm Weil, Gotshal, & Manges.

Early life
Sylvan Hirshman Gotshal was born in Nashville, Tennessee, on 21 March 1897 to Leopold Gottschall and his wife. Sylvan's mother died when he was about ten years of age. This prompted a move to Columbus, Mississippi, where he lived with relatives ~ and where he graduated from Franklin High School in 1913. Sylvan attended Vanderbilt University in Nashville, and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1917. The graduation program indicates that he earned three honors: Magna Cum Laude, Founder's Medal for Oratory, as well as Phi Beta Kappa. He volunteered to serve in the U.S. Army during World War I. Sylvan was ordered to Camp Gordon, Georgia, where he was a member of the 1st Battalion, Central Officers' Training School. He earned a commission as a second lieutenant of Infantry in August, 1918, but saw no combat action. After his discharge from the Army, Sylvan married Violet Kleeman ~ also of Nashville; their union produced one child, who was born in 1929.

Legal career
After earning a Master of Arts degree at Vanderbilt, Sylvan completed studies for his law degree at Columbia University and was admitted to the New York bar in 1920. Then, after working for another law firm, he became a founding partner of Weil, Gotshal, & Manges in 1931. In addition to writing three books (titles indicated below), he became very active with the American Arbitration Association. Sylvan was also president of the American Jewish Committee and made several broadcasts in support of Jewish (i.e., anti-Nazi) causes during World War II. He died at his home in Scarsdale, New York, during 1967.