William B. Gould IV

William B. Gould IV
Chair of the National Labor Relations Board
In office March 7, 1994 – August 27, 1998
President	Bill Clinton
Preceded by	James M. Stephens
Succeeded by	John C. Truesdale
Member of the National Labor Relations Board
In office March 7, 1994 – August 27, 1998
Personal details
Born	(1936-07-16) July 16, 1936 (age 88) Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Spouse	Hilda
Children	3
Relatives	William B. Gould (great-grandfather)
Education	University of Rhode Island Cornell Law School

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.[1][2] Gould attended the University of Rhode Island and then Cornell Law School.[3] An Episcopalian, he was baptized at the Church of the Good Shepherd in Dedham, Massachusetts[4] and confirmed at St. James in Long Branch.[5]

He also served as the Chairman of the National Labor Relations Board from 1994 to 1998.[6][7][8] In this position, he helped to negotiate then end of the 1994–95 Major League Baseball strike.[3]

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.[9] With his wife, Hilda, he has three sons, William V, Timothy, and Edward.[10]

References

1. Gould IV 2002, p. xiii.
2. MacQuarrie, Brian (November 21, 2020). "Escaped slave and Navy sailor recounted his remarkable Civil War story in a diary". The Boston Globe.
3. O'Connor, Brian Wright (October 3, 2012). "William Benjamin Gould's diary traces road to freedom". The Bay State Banner. Boston. Retrieved November 29, 2020.
4. Gould IV 2002, p. 287.
5. Gould IV 2002, p. 290.
6. "William B. Gould IV". stanford.edu. Retrieved May 10, 2017.
7. "Agricultural Labor Relations Board". stanford.edu. 20 February 2014. Retrieved May 10, 2017.
8. Gould IV 2002, p. xiv.
9. William B. Gould IV. "William B. Gould IV -- Diary of a Contraband". Stanford University. Retrieved 2006-12-12.
10. Gould IV 2002, p. xviii.

Works cited

• Gould IV, William B. (2002). Diary of a Contraband: The Civil War Passage of a Black Sailor (paperback ed.). Stanford University Press. ISBN 0-8047-4708-3.