From 1969 to 1984, Bowie Kent Kuhn (October 28, 1926-March 15,
2007) served as the fifth commissioner of Major League Baseball ("MLB").1
Prior to becoming commissioner, Kuhn had been a partner in the New
York City law firm of Willkie Farr & Gallagher. Because the firm represented
the National League, Kuhn began the job of commissioner better
prepared than any of his predecessors. Yet as matters turned out, Kuhn
was ill-equipped for his new position. By the time he was shown the door,
he had become one of the most polarizing figures in baseball history.
Bibliographic Citation
Elizabeth Manriquez, Bowie Kent Kuhn (2008), in Attorneys in the Baseball Hall of Fame: A Collection of Biographical Essays, (Louis H. Schiff & Robert M. Jarvis eds., 2025).
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