Oliver Sanford Oldman (1920-2008) served on the Harvard Law School faculty from 1955 to 2008. He was a Research Associate in Law 1955-1957; Lecturer on International Tax Law 1957-1959; Assistant Professor of Law 1959-1961; Professor of Law 1961-1976; Learned Hand Professor of Law 1976-1991; and an Emeritus professor 1992-2008. He was Director of the International Program in Taxation 1964-1989 and Director of the East Asian Legal Studies Program 1981-1990.
Research: Tax policy, comparative and international tax law, state and local tax, tax reform in developing countries.
Education: Harvard College S.B. 1942; Harvard Law School LL.B. 1953.
Selected Scholarship / Representative Publications: “Financing Urban Development in Mexico City” (co-author, 1967); “Readings on Taxation in Developing Countries” (co-editor, 1967); “State and Local Taxes and Finance: Text, Problems, and Cases” (co-author, 1974).
Noteworthy Appointments: Tax consultant to the governments of Argentina, Chile, Colombia, El Salvador, Ethiopia, and Venezuela.