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Leonard Garment

Born: 11-May-1924
Birthplace: Brooklyn, NY
Died: 13-Jul-2013
Location of death: Manhattan, NY
Cause of death: unspecified

Gender: Male
Religion: Jewish
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Attorney
Party Affiliation: Democratic

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Former Special Counsel to Nixon

Former law partner to both Richard M. Nixon and Lewis Libby.

Brother: Marti
Wife: Grace Albert (d. 1976 suicide)
Daughter: Ann R. Garment
Son: Paul Garment (d. 2012)
Daughter: Sara Elizabeth Garment (d. 2011)
Wife: Suzanne Bloom (m. 1980, until his death)

    High School: Samuel J. Tilden High School, Brooklyn, NY
    University: Brooklyn College
    Law School: Brooklyn Law School (1949)

    US State Department US Representative to the UN Human Rights Commission (-1977)
    US State Department Counselor to US Delegation to the UN (1975-76)
    White House Staff Acting Special Counsel to Nixon (1973-74)
    White House Staff (1969-73)
    Watergate Scandal
    American Arts Alliance
    Brooklyn Academy of Music Past Chairman
    Elizabeth Dole for President
    Jazz Museum in Harlem
    National Medal of Arts 2005

Author of books:
Crazy Rhythm: My Journey from Brooklyn, Jazz, and Wall Street to Nixon's White House, Watergate, and Beyond (1997, memoir)
In Search of Deep Throat: The Greatest Political Mystery of Our Time (2001, nonfiction)


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