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Bob is a founding and senior partner at Kohrman Jackson & Krantz PLL, Cleveland, Ohio, is a noted collector of rare books and tribal art and is widely recognized as a writer and scholar. A corporate lawyer and private equity investor who is also a bibliophile, his broad interests are reflected in his affiliations with such organizations as The Grolier Club, The Rowfant Club, Association Internationale De Bibliophile, Paris, France , and the Fellowship of American Bibliophilic Associations (FABS), of which he is one of the founders and now chairman. He is an active trustee at the Western Reserve Historical Society, President of The Contemporary Art Society at the Cleveland Museum of Art, and Intermuseum Conservation Association and formerly was an officer or trustee of many organizations, including the Ohio Chamber Orchestra, the Cleveland Chamber Music Society, The Cleveland Institute of Music, and Pianofest. He has served on the editorial advisory board of Biblio magazine, on Brown University’s Rare Book Committee and on the Visiting Committee at Oberlin College. Recently, he was appointed as an advisor to the Baker-Nord Center of Case Western Reserve University.
He lectures in the United States and in Europe about literature, rare books, libraries and travel, his own collection, and law-related topics. He chaired the Special Collection Committee at Oberlin College from 1987 to 1993. His various publications include “Are Things Awry in Hay-on-Wye?,” co-written with Donna Jackson, for Biblio magazine (April 1997), “Serial Publications: Essential Parts of the 19th Century Imagination” (New York: The Grolier Club, 1996), “William S. Burroughs, A Man with Qualities” (Providence, Brown University, 2000), “Will the Book Collector of Today Be the Donor of Tomorrow” (Library of Congress, 2001), and “To Greenland, After Rockwell Kent”, Fine Books and Collections magazine, November, 2006.
His rare book collecting interests range widely and include Victorian literature, Charles Dickens, English and American Nineteenth and Twentieth century authors, including Rockwell Kent, Eugene O’Neill, and, previously William Burroughs, as well as early color plate collections and books first issued in parts. Sharing widespread interests including world-wide travel with his wife, Donna, they actively collect Southeast Asian manuscripts and Oceanic and African Tribal Arts. In March, 2004, The Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio, began exhibiting their African material “Standing on Ceremony: African Prestige Swords.”
Professional History
Kohrman Jackson & Krantz PLL, Senior Partner (1969 to present); Managing Partner (1975-1995)
§ Specializing in mergers, acquisitions, leveraged buy-outs, workouts, and public offerings; rehabilitating and restructuring leveraged buy-outs
Case Western Reserve School of Law, Adjunct Professor (1967-1969)
Falsgraf Kundtz Reidy & Shoup, Attorney (1966-1969)
Securities and Exchange Commission, Financial Trial Attorney (1961-1966)
Education
Case Western Reserve University, J.D. 1961
University Of Illinois, B.A., Philosophy, 1958
Speeches
Has spoken extensively on literature, with a focus on Victorian and contemporary writers and on rare books and collecting at such venues as The Library of Congress, Brown University, Oberlin College, Arizona State University, Magdalene College, Cambridge, UK, University of Minnesota, Ohio State University, John Hopkins University, The Grolier, Rowfant and Caxton Clubs and has appeared on Book Notes C-Span-2.
Speeches Since 2000
2007
October 13 - FABS at The Library of Congress (to be determined)
September 27 - Aldus Society, “Rockwell Kent,” Wexner Center for the Performing Arts
July 20 - A Keynote Speaker - “The Conundrum of Special Collections and Collectors and Conference on Special Collections: Cause and Effect,” Chawton House (Jane Austen’s Home)
June 13 - The Charles Dickens Society, “Serials and Charles Dickens”
May 16 - The Caxton Club, “The Pursuit of Rockwell Kent”
April 17 - Baker-Nord Humanities Week, “Can the Book Survive the Information Revolution?” Case Western Reserve University
2006
November 16 - Northern Ohio Bibliophilic Society, “Book Talk…”
November 2 - Case Western Reserve University, “Observations on the Beat Generation”
July 11 - Artists Archives of the “The Magic of Collecting,” Western Reserve
April 5 - Cleveland Psychoanalytic Center, “William S. Burroughs: The Naked Finger for Lunch”
2005
April 6 - Cleveland Psychoanalytic Center, “The Psychology of Collecting: The Agony and Ecstasy”
February 19 - California International Antiquarian, “The Naked Finger for Lunch: William S. Burroughs and The Beats” Book Fair
February 15 - The Roxburough Club, “The Naked Finger for Lunch: William S. Burroughs”
February 14 - The Book Club of California, “To the Ends of the Earth: Voyaging with Rockwell Kent”
2004
November 11 - Western Reserve Historical Society, The Collector’s Dilemma
October 6 - Western Reserve Historical Society, The Magic of Collecting
July 23 - Aldus Society, Wexner Center for the Performing Arts, Panel with Barry Moser and Nicholas Basbanes
July 22 - Aldus Society, Wexner Center for the Performing Arts, Future of Rare Books
May 22 - The Grolier Club7th Annual FABS Symposium, Chair and Moderator
April 27 - Cleveland Skating Club, The Magic of Collecting
April 23 - Western Reserve Historical Society, “Standing on Ceremony: African Prestige Swords,” from the Collection of Donna L. and Robert H. Jackson
April 14 The Grolier Club, “To The Ends of the Earth: Voyaging with Rockwell Kent,” New York, New York
March 24 The Rowfant Club, “To The Ends of the Earth: Voyaging with Rockwell Kent,” Cleveland, Ohio
February 9 University of California at Santa Barbara, “Two by Two: Collecting Side by Side,” Santa Barbara, California
February 5 UCLA, “Victorian Serials: Essential Parts of the 19th Century Imagination,” Los Angeles, California
February 4 The Zamorano Club, “The Naked Finger for Lunch: William S. Burroughs,” Pasadena, California
February 3 University of California at San Diego, “Lichtenstein to Cleveland: A William S. Burroughs Odyssey,” San Diego, California
Selected Publications
Books
Editor and Author, Book Talk: Essays on Books and Collecting, Booksellers, and Special Collections, Oak Knoll Press, 2006.
From the Donna L. and Robert H. Jackson Collection, Standing on Ceremony: Traditional African Arms, 2004.
Editor and Author, Serial Publications: Essential Parts of the 19th Century Imagination, The Grolier Club, 1996.
Articles
“To Greenland, After Rockwell Kent”, Fine Books and Collections Magazine, November 2006.
“Voyaging with Rockwell Kent: To The Ends of the Earth,” The Kent Collector, Summer 2005.
“To The Ends of the Earth: Voyaging with Rockwell Kent”, The Gazette of The Grolier Club, 2004.
“Will the Book Collector of Today Be The Donor of Tomorrow?” Library of Congress, 2002.
“William S. Burroughs: A Man with Qualities,” Brown University, October 2000.
“Are Things Awry In Hay-On-Wye?” (with Donna Jackson), Biblio, April, 1997.
“The Second Greatest Sport”, The Gamut, Cleveland State University, 1984.
“Public Offerings: A Comparative Study of Disclosure in Western Europe and the United States,” Western Reserve Law Review, Vol. 16, No. 1, December 1964.
“Stockbrokers Liability Under Custom Usages and Rules,” Cleveland Marshall Law Review, Vol. 12, Issue No. 1, January 1963.
Miscellaneous Other Publications
To be published
Lurking Dread: William S. Burroughs' Influence on Recent Writing”
“A False Paradise: Pakistan's Hunza Valley”
Book - Victorian Serial Fiction: An Annotated Bibliography
Rare Book Exhibitions
Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, 2000
The Grolier Club, New York, New York, 1996, 2002
Serial Publications: Essential Parts of the 19th Century Imagination
DeYoung Museum, San Francisco, California, 1996
Walker Museum of Art, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1996
The Whitney Museum, New York City, New York, 1995-1996
The Rowfant Club, Cleveland, Ohio, 1990, 1992
Awards
Ohio Super Lawyers, 2007, 2006 and 2005
Community Involvement
Present
Baker-Nord Center for the Humanities, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, Advisory Board, 2007-Present
Bond Accountability Commission, Cleveland, Ohio, Oversight Board for Cleveland Public School System; Commissioner, 2006-Present; Chairman, Finance Committee, 2006-Present
Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio, Trustee, Executive Committee, 1991-Present; Chairman, Collections and Exhibitions, 2004-Present; Chairman, East Boulevard Design; Committee, 2002-Present; Chairman, Long-Term Planning Committee, 1997-Present; Chairman, Going, Going, Gone Auction, 1995 and 1996
Cleveland Psychoanalytic Society, Cleveland, Ohio, Trustee, 2004-Present
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio, Accessions Committee, 2002-Present; Corporate Council, 1994-Present; Chairman and Participant in Symposiums; Modern Art Symposium, 1996; Modern Video Art Symposium, 1997; The Figure In Modern Art, 1998; Photography Symposium, 1999; Connoisseurship, Collecting Contemporary Art in the 21st Century Symposium, 2001
Contemporary Art Society, Cleveland, Ohio, President, 2002-2007; Trustee, 1991-1995; Vice President, 1999-2001
Rowfant Club (a literary club), Cleveland, Ohio, President, 1987-1988; Fellow/Trustee, 1985-1988; Member, 1977-Present
FABS (Fellowship of American Bibliophilic Societies) National Co-Founder, 1993, Chairman, 2007-Present; Vice Chairman, 2003-2007; Chairman, Symposium Arrangements Committee, 1997-Present
Intermuseum Conservation Association, Cleveland, Ohio, Trustee and President, 2002-2006
Pianofest, East Hampton, New York, Trustee, 1988-Present
Oberlin College Library, Oberlin, Ohio, Acquisitions Committee, 1988-Present
Past
Apollo’s Fire, Cleveland, Ohio, Trustee, 1991-2001
Biblio Magazine, Editorial Advisory Board, 1996-1999
Malachi House, Cleveland, Ohio, Advisory Committee, 1986-1997
Myriad Chamber Players, Cleveland, Ohio, Trustee, 1993-1996
Cleveland Artists Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, Trustee, 1983-1987
Cleveland Institute of Music, Cleveland, Ohio, Trustee, 1990-2001; Vice Chairman/Corporate Development, 1992-1993
Ohio Chamber Orchestra, Cleveland, Ohio, Chairman, 1995-1998; Trustee, 1991-1999
Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, Rare Book Committee of Special Collections, 1985-1989
Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio, Chairman, Special Collection Committee, 1987-1989; Board of Visitors of the Oberlin College Library, 1987-1996
American Bar Association, Chairman, Subcommittee Proxy Solicitations, Shareholders Proposals of Federal Securities Committee, 1969-1973
Federal Bar Association, Chairman, Cleveland Chapter Federal Securities Commission, 1972-1973; International Bar Association; Cleveland Bar Association
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