William B. Gould IV
{{short description|American lawyer (born 1936)}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name = William B. Gould IV
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|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1936|7|16}}
|birth_place = Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
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|education = University of Rhode Island
Cornell Law School
|president = Bill Clinton
|office = Chair of the National Labor Relations Board
|term_start = March 7, 1994
|term_end = August 27, 1998
|preceded = James M. Stephens
|succeeded = John C. Truesdale
|office1 = Member of the National Labor Relations Board
|term_start1 = March 7, 1994
|term_end1 = August 27, 1998
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|party = Democratic
|spouse = Hilda
|children = 3
|relatives = William B. Gould (great-grandfather)
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William B. Gould IV (born July 16, 1936) is an American lawyer currently the Charles A. Beardsley Professor of Law, Emeritus at Stanford Law School. Gould was the first black professor at Stanford Law School.
Gould was born on July 16, 1936, in Boston, Massachusetts to William B. Gould III and Leah F. Gould. He grew up in Long Branch, New Jersey.{{sfn| Gould IV | 2002 | p= xiii}} Gould attended the University of Rhode Island and then Cornell Law School. An Episcopalian, he was baptized at the Church of the Good Shepherd in Dedham, Massachusetts{{sfn| Gould IV| 2002| p=287}} and confirmed at St. James in Long Branch.{{sfn| Gould IV| 2002| p=290}}
He also served as the Chairman of the National Labor Relations Board from 1994 to 1998.{{sfn| Gould IV| 2002| p=xiv}} In this position, he helped to negotiate then end of the 1994–95 Major League Baseball strike.
He was responsible for the publication of the diary of his great-grandfather William B. Gould, an escaped slave who served in the Union Navy during the United States Civil War. With his wife, Hilda, he has three sons, William V, Timothy, and Edward.{{sfn| Gould IV | 2002 | p= xviii}}
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Works cited
- {{cite book| title = Diary of a Contraband: The Civil War Passage of a Black Sailor | first = William B. | last = Gould IV | publisher = Stanford University Press | edition = paperback | year = 2002 | isbn = 0-8047-4708-3}}
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Category:Stanford Law School faculty
Category:University of Rhode Island alumni
Category:Cornell Law School alumni
Category:21st-century African-American academics
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Category:National Labor Relations Board officials
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