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New York Times Obituary for Arnold Ordman.



New York Times, Dec 7, 1989
   
Arnold Ordman, Ex-N. L. R. B. Counsel, 77
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 6— Arnold Ordman, who served two terms as general counsel to the National Labor Relations Board and later was an administrative law judge and arbitrator, died of heart failure Tuesday at Suburban Hospital in Bethesda, Md. He was 77 years old and lived in Bethesda.

Mr. Ordman was the only person to be the board's counsel for two successive terms. He served as counsel from 1963 to 1971, when he became an administrative law judge. He retired in 1975, after which he was a private arbitrator.

A graduate of Boston University and Harvard Law School, he joined the agency's legal staff in 1946.

He is survived by his wife, Evelyn; two sons, Edward of Memphis and Alfred of Beloit, Wis.; a sister and five grandchildren.