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Edward S Cohen    

A law professor from the University of Virginia, who went to work for Covington & Burling. However he seems to have played only a minor role in the tobacco industry.


DISAMBIGUATION

There are a couple of Edward Cohens in the tobacco archives who are easily confused.

1969–72: Assistant Secretary Tax Policy at the Treasury Department

1972–73: UnderSecretary of the Treasury Department

1981: He appears to be still at the Treasury Department. See

1986 Sep 3: A conference on Consumption Tax lists him as:
    Hon. Edwin S. Cohen is a partner in the Washington law firm of Covington & Burling. Mr. Cohen is also the:

  • Joseph M. Hartfield Professor of Law at the University of Virginia.
  • He served as under secretary of the Treasury Department from 1972 to 1973 and
  • assistant secretary (tax policy) of the Treasury Department from 1969 to 1972.
In 1983 Mr. Cohen participated in the "New Directions in Federal Tax Policy for the 1980s" conference, sponsored by the American Council for Capital Formation Center for Policy Research.

1992 Aug 25: Acting on behalf of the Council for Tobacco Research (CTR) on a tenancy matter,

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