R. Kent Greenawalt, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

R. Kent Greenawalt

American legal scholar

Date of Birth: 25-Jun-1936

Place of Birth: Brooklyn, New York, United States

Profession: philosopher

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

R.
Kent Greenawalt (born June 25, 1936) is a University Professor at Columbia Law School.
His primary interests involve constitutional law, especially First Amendment jurisprudence, and legal philosophy. Born in Brooklyn, New York, he received a B.A.
from Swarthmore College in 1958, a B.Phil.
from Oxford University in 1960 and an LL.B.
from Columbia Law School in 1963.
After law school, he clerked for Supreme Court Justice John Harlan.
He joined the Columbia faculty in 1965.
Greenawalt married Elaine Pagels in 1995.