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Find sources: "Adam Yarmolinsky" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (March 2013) (Learn how and when to remove this message) Adam Yarmolinsky Born (1922-11-17)November 17, 1922 New York City, U.S. Died January 5, 2000(2000-01-05) (aged 77) Washington, D.C., U.S. Alma mater Yale Law School Harvard College Occupation Lawyer Parent(s) Avrahm Yarmolinsky and Babette Deutsch **Adam Yarmolinsky** (November 17, 1922 – January 5, 2000) was an American academic, educator and author, as well as a political appointee who served in numerous capacities in the [Kennedy](/source/John_F._Kennedy), [Johnson](/source/Lyndon_B._Johnson) and [Carter](/source/Jimmy_Carter) administrations. Besides serving in the [White House](/source/White_House), he also held posts in the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency. He was an aide to [Secretary of Defense](/source/United_States_Secretary_of_Defense) [Robert McNamara](/source/Robert_McNamara) at [the Pentagon](/source/The_Pentagon), where Yarmolinsky was an early critic of American policies in the [Vietnam War](/source/Vietnam_War). ## Biography Yarmolinsky attended the [Fieldston School](/source/Ethical_Culture_Fieldston_School) in [Riverdale](/source/Riverdale%2C_Bronx) and then graduated from [Harvard College](/source/Harvard_College) where he was editorial director of the *[Harvard Crimson](/source/Harvard_Crimson)*. He enlisted in the [US Army Air Forces](/source/US_Army_Air_Forces) during [World War II](/source/World_War_II) and rose to the rank of sergeant. Yarmolinsky took a law degree from [Yale Law School](/source/Yale_Law_School) in 1948. He served as a law clerk to Chief Judge Charles E. Clark of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, based in New York, and later as a clerk to Supreme Court Justice [Stanley F. Reed](/source/Stanley_Forman_Reed) during the 1950 Term. Following his service in the U.S. government, Yarmolinsky became Regent's Professor of Public Policy at the [University of Maryland, Baltimore County](/source/University_of_Maryland%2C_Baltimore_County) (UMBC), where he served as Provost. Another academic post was as Ralph Waldo Emerson Professor at the [University of Massachusetts Amherst](/source/University_of_Massachusetts_Amherst) in the mid 1970s.[1] He was also a founding member of the [Institute of Medicine](/source/Institute_of_Medicine) of the [U.S. National Academy of Sciences](/source/U.S._National_Academy_of_Sciences). In 1967, Yarmolinsky was named a fellow of the [American Academy of Arts and Sciences](/source/American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences).[2] ## Marriage On February 3, 1990, he married Dr. Sarah Ames Ellis, a clinical psychologist, in an Episcopalian ceremony in [Manhattan](/source/Manhattan). It was his third marriage. His first marriage was to Harriet L Rypins. His second marriage was to Jane Marie Cox Vonnegut, [Kurt Vonnegut](/source/Kurt_Vonnegut)'s first wife. She died in 1986.[3] ## Death He died, aged 77, at Georgetown University Hospital, of [leukemia](/source/Leukemia). He was survived by his third wife; his first wife, Harriet Yarmolinsky; and four children. Harriet Yarmolinsky died in January 2008 at age 81.[4] ## See also - [Biography portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Biography) - [List of law clerks of the Supreme Court of the United States (Seat 6)](/source/List_of_law_clerks_of_the_Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States_(Seat_6)) ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["UMass Boston Bulletin"](http://scholarworks.umb.edu/umb_bulletin/104). *University of Massachusetts Boston*. **4** (35): 3. May 1, 1973. Retrieved February 7, 2017. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [Membership search](https://www.amacad.org/), American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Retrieved February 7, 2017. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Dr. Sarah Ellis, Psychologist, Marries Adam Yarmolinsky, College Provost"](https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html). 11 February 1990. Retrieved 15 September 2016 – via NYTimes.com. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Brooklyn Daily Eagle - ALL BROOKLYN, ALL THE TIME"](http://www.brooklyneagle.com/categories/category.php?category_id=24&id=17908). Retrieved 15 September 2016. ## External links - [American National Biography Online](http://www.anb.org/articles/07/07-00853.html) - [Marriage](https://www.nytimes.com/1990/02/11/style/dr-sarah-ellis-psychologist-marries-adam-yarmolinsky-college-provost.html) - [New York Times obituary](https://www.nytimes.com/2000/01/07/us/adam-yarmolinsky-dies-at-77-led-revamping-of-government.html) - [Washington Post obituary](https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2000/01/07/adam-yarmolinsky-dies/c83048df-96e2-4752-b26c-94cff43c4515/) - [University of Maryland, Baltimore campus site](https://web.archive.org/web/20041103192900/http://www.umbc.edu/AboutUMBC/Welcome/Yarmolinsky/yarmolinsky.html) - [Biodata](https://web.archive.org/web/20080705012105/http://www.pugwash.org/reports/pim/pim24.htm) - [Harper's Magazine](http://www.harpers.org/subjects/AdamYarmolinsky) - [Adam Yarmolinsky Papers, 1973-1977 at Indiana University Indianapolis](https://archives.iu.edu/catalog/mss026) Authority control databases International ISNI VIAF FAST WorldCat National United States Czech Republic Netherlands Norway Latvia Poland Israel Other IdRef NARA Yale LUX --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Adam Yarmolinsky](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Yarmolinsky) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Yarmolinsky?action=history)). 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