Bowie Kuhn
| Bowie Kuhn | |
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Kuhn in 1982
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| 5th Commissioner of Baseball | |
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In office February 4, 1969 – September 30, 1984 |
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| Preceded by | William Eckert |
| Succeeded by | Peter Ueberroth |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Bowie Kent Kuhn October 28, 1926 Takoma Park, Maryland |
| Died | March 15, 2007 (aged 80) Jacksonville, Florida |
| Spouse(s) | Luisa |
| Children | 2 children 2 step-children 10 grandchildren |
| Alma mater |
Princeton University (B.A.) University of Virginia (J.D.) |
Bowie Kent Kuhn (/ˈbuːi ˈkjuːn/; October 28, 1926 – March 15, 2007) was an American lawyer and sports administrator who served as the fifth Commissioner of Major League Baseball from February 4, 1969, to September 30, 1984. He served as legal counsel for Major League Baseball owners for almost 20 years prior to his election as commissioner.
Kuhn was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 2008.
Kuhn was born in Takoma Park, Maryland, the son of Alice Waring (Roberts) and Louis Charles Kuhn, a fuel company executive. His father was a Bavarian (German) immigrant, and his mother had deep roots in Maryland. He grew up in Washington, D.C., and graduated from Theodore Roosevelt High School. He then attended Franklin and Marshall College in the V-12 Navy College Training Program before going to Princeton University in 1945. He graduated from Princeton with honors in 1947 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics. He then received his law degree in 1950 from the University of Virginia where he served on the editorial board of the law review.
Following his graduation from law school, Kuhn became a member of the New York City law firm Willkie Farr & Gallagher because the firm represented the National League. While working in baseball's legal affairs, Kuhn served as a counselor for the NL in a lawsuit brought against it by the City of Milwaukee when the Milwaukee Braves moved to Atlanta following the 1965 season.
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