Lawyer.
Born at Govan, Saskatchewan on 4 April 1925, his family moved to Regina in 1927 and he spent most of his childhood there. After finishing high school, he ran his father's general store for a year until enlisting in the Royal Canadian Air Force where he was a radio mechanic. Returning from military duty, he attended the University of Saskatchewan, receiving BA and LLB degrees and a Gold Medal for academic achievement.
Aftr receiving a Master of Law degree from the Harvard Law School, he returned to Canada and married Ruby Arron (c1931-1988) in 1951. They lived in Regina where they had three children and he practiced law. The family moved to Winnipeg in 1963 when he became a partner in the firm of Newman MacLean with Walter Carman Newman and George Campbell MacLean. Made a Queen's Counsel in 1969, he retired from Taylor McCaffrey in 2008.
In 1988, he married widow Shirley Wasserman Shaen (?-2007). He moved to Victoria, British Columbia in 2016 and died there on 26 April 2022. He was buried in the Shaarey Zedek Cemetery.
“9 Queen's Counsel named in New Year's honors list,” Winnipeg Free Press, 1 January 1969, page 15.
Obituary [Ruby Neuman], Winnipeg Free Press, 6 October 1988, page 47.
Obituary [Shirley Neuman], Winnipeg Free Press, 3 November 2007.
Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 18 August 1985, page 19.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 31 August 2024
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