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{{Short description|American political scientist (1939–2019)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name                = Michael Uhlmann
| office              = [[U.S. Department of Justice Office of Legislative Affairs|United States Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legislative Affairs]]
| president           = [[Gerald Ford]]
| term_start          = 1975
| term_end            = 1977
| predecessor         = [[Mitch McConnell]] (acting)
| successor           = [[Patricia Wald]]
| birth_name          = Michael Martin Uhlmann
| birth_date          = December 29, 1939
| birth_place         = [[Washington, D.C.]], U.S.
| death_date          = October 8, 2019 (aged 79)
| death_place         = [[Newport Beach, California]], U.S.
| alma_mater          = [[Yale University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])<br />[[University of Virginia School of Law|University of Virginia]] ([[Juris Doctor|JD]])<br />[[Claremont Graduate University]] ([[PhD]])
}}
'''Michael Martin Uhlmann''' (December 29, 1939 – October 8, 2019) was an American political scientist and high-ranking government official.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fordlibrarymuseum.gov/library/document/0248/whpr19750522-011.pdf|title=Gerald R. Ford Administration White House Press Releases|website=fordlibrarymuseum.gov|access-date=29 June 2023}}</ref> He was Professor of Government in the Department of Politics and Government at [[Claremont Graduate University]] and [[Claremont McKenna College]]. Prior to teaching at Claremont, Uhlmann was a senior fellow at the [[Ethics and Public Policy Center]],<ref name="right">{{cite news| url = http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-22907835.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121105035233/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-22907835.html | url-status = dead | archive-date = 2012-11-05 | title = Right-to-die decisions are best settled out of court | accessdate = 2010-11-21 | date = 1997-02-23 | newspaper = [[The Buffalo News]]}}</ref> Vice President for Public Policy Research at the [[Bradley Foundation]] in [[Milwaukee, Wisconsin]], and taught at the [[Antonin Scalia Law School]].
==Early life and education==
Uhlmann was born on December 29, 1939, in [[Washington, D.C.]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://roseinstitute.org/remembering-dr-michael-uhlmann/|title=Remembering Dr. Michael Uhlmann {{!}} The Rose Institute of State and Local Government|website=roseinstitute.org|access-date=2020-04-16}}</ref> He graduated from [[The Hill School]] in 1958. He received his undergraduate degree from [[Yale University]], a [[Juris Doctor]] from the [[University of Virginia School of Law]], and a Ph.D. from [[Claremont Graduate University]].
== Career ==
Before beginning his career as an academic, Uhlmann served as Assistant Attorney General for the [[U.S. Department of Justice Office of Legislative Affairs|Office of Legislative Affairs]] during the [[Ford Administration]] from 1975 to 1977, and as special assistant to the President during [[Ronald Reagan]]’s first term in office.<ref name="uhlmann">{{cite web | url = http://www.cgu.edu/PDFFiles/SPE/BIOs/Uhlmann_Bio.pdf | title = Michael M. Uhlmann | accessdate = 2010-11-21 | publisher = [[Claremont Graduate University]] | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120306035822/http://www.cgu.edu/PDFFiles/SPE/BIOs/Uhlmann_Bio.pdf | archive-date = 2012-03-06 | url-status = dead }}</ref> He also spent several years as a partner at the [[Washington, D.C.]] office of [[Pepper Hamilton]].,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lawliberty.org/2019/10/11/michael-uhlmann-a-man-in-full/|title = Michael Uhlmann: A Man in Full - Michael S. Greve|date = 11 October 2019}}</ref> where he specialized in federal antitrust,<ref name="uhlmann" /> administrative, and environmental law.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.fed-soc.org/experts/detail/michael-uhlmann|title=Dr. Michael Uhlmann|website=www.fed-soc.org|access-date=2016-07-14}}</ref> In 1989, Uhlmann discovered that President [[George H. W. Bush]] planned to appoint him to the [[United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit]], and declined the position so that he could prioritize family life.<ref name=cgg>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thecatholicthing.org/2019/10/26/michael-m-uhlmann-compleat-catholic-gentleman/|title=Michael M. Uhlmann: Compleat Catholic Gentleman|date=26 October 2019}}</ref>
In 1979, Michael Uhlmann was profiled in ''[[The New York Times]]'' by [[Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Jr.]] for his work as President of the [[AEI Legal Center for the Public Interest|National Legal Center for the Public Interest]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1979/09/30/archives/the-naderites-of-the-other-side.html|title=The Naderites of the Other Side|first=A. O. |last=Sulzberger Jr.|date=1979-09-30|newspaper=The New York Times|issn=0362-4331|access-date=2016-07-14}}</ref> In 2002, Uhlmann became a Professor Government at [[Claremont Graduate University]], where his specialty was the American presidency, congressional-executive relations, and the federal judiciary.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://roseinstitute.org/remembering-dr-michael-uhlmann/|title = Remembering Dr. Michael Uhlmann &#124; the Rose Institute of State and Local Government}}</ref> Uhlmann was a frequent contributor to the ''[[Claremont Review of Books]]'' with articles like "The Supreme Court v. the Constitution of the United States of America" and "The Right Stuff", a panegyric of the life, writings, and talent of [[William F. Buckley Jr.]] Other articles written by Uhlmann appeared in the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'', ''[[National Review]]'', ''[[The American Spectator]]'', ''[[Washington Times]]'', ''Crisis'', and ''[[The Human Life Review]]''. His final book was ''Last Rights?: Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia Debated''. Additionally, his work ''The Electoral College: Proven Constitutional Pillar of Freedom'' includes his 1970 testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee defending the propriety of the Electoral College and discussing the central role this provision serves in the constitutional structure of the United States.
== Personal life ==
Uhlmann died on October 8, 2019, in [[Newport Beach, California]].<ref name=cgg/> He was survived by 5 children and 10 grandchildren. <ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/washingtontimes/name/michael-uhlmann-obituary?id=8511111 | title=Michael Uhlmann Obituary (1939 - 2019) - Newton, NY - Washington Times | website=[[Legacy.com]] }}</ref>
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