Arthur J Stevens
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Arthur Stevens (Arthur Joseph or "Art" Stevens) was the General Counsel for Lorillard in New York from 1969-98 and a senior advisor and consultant until 2001. He was one of the more enthusiastic of the lawyers and executives who made up the top echelon of the American tobacco industry, and he served on the Board of the Tobacco Institute for many decades. He was still vigorously prosecuting attempts to conceal tobacco industry activities in 2004.
With him as the driving force, Lorillard punched above its weight in tobacco disinformation campaigns and in blocking adverse health information from leaking out of the industry.
Biography
- 1985-92 Board of Directors of Lorilard
- 1989-95Senior Vice President of Lorillard. [1]
- 1993-95 General Counsel for Lorillard [2]
Stevens was associated with Council for Tobacco Research and was a Vice Chairman of the Tobacco Institute's Communications Committee. [3]
Documents and Timeline
1969 June 4 The Minutes of the Committee of Counsel (Lawyers servicing the tobacco companies + top legal executives). This regular meeting is to allow the companies to share knowledge, coordinate activites and joinly run programs (CTR, etc) without being charged with conspiracy. The lawyers in attendance are
- Arnold & Porter -- Abe Krash, Jerome I Chapman, ? Schneiderman
- Covington & Burling -- Tommie Austern, T Oghol
- Phillip Morris -- Shepard P Pollack, Paul D Smith
- American Tobacco Co - Cyril F Hetsko
- RJ Reynolds -- Henry Ramm
- B&W/BAT -- H DeBaun Bryant, Addison Yeaman,
- Shook Hardy & Bacon -- Bill Shinn
- Tobacco Institute -- William Kloepfer, ex-Senator Earle Clements
- Liggett & Myers -- Frederick P Haas
- Lorrilard -- Arthur J Stevens
1. First item discussed by Abe Krash is the FCC's rule-making plans to kick cigarette advertising off the TV.
- RJ Reynolds has been served with 3 subpoenas (re:) the development of advertising themes.
- Clements says he understands that Harley O Staggers (D-WV) has written a letter to both the FTC and FCC to hold up action until the Congressional proceedings are completed.
2. Kurt Enslein has a proposed a project to analyse the Doll data. Henry Ramm handed out a memo entitled "Proposal for Analysis of Doll Data"
- Richard S Doll was the famed British scientist who identified the link between smoking and ill-health with satistician Austin Bradford Hill. They were planning to get access to his original data and have computer scientist Enslein 'mine' it for defects (real, or imagined).
- Richard S Doll was the famed British scientist who identified the link between smoking and ill-health with satistician Austin Bradford Hill. They were planning to get access to his original data and have computer scientist Enslein 'mine' it for defects (real, or imagined).
3. Tommie Austern [C&B] reported on:
- Chemsol development (A tobacco modification claimed to reduce the carcinogenicity of smoke.)
- FTC trade regulation and rules
- 3i information retrieval.
4. Bill Shinn [SH&B] reported on Theodor D Sterling's air pollution project. They had previously assumed the cost would be $3,000, whereas it will now be about $10,000. Approved. (It may have a bearing on the Hammond data).
5. Paul Smith (PM) reported that:
"Rune Cederlof who testified at the Commerce Committee hearings here also testified in Canada where he did an excellent job. He will read a paper in Rome in September on his twin studies that indicates that mortality of smoking and non-smoking identical twins does not show any correlation related to smoking.
The Karolinska Institute of Stockolm Sweden with which he is affiliated intends to have a symposium in Virgin Islands (Henry] Ramm says that the CTR turned down a request on this."
- [The SAB had rejected Lars Friberg's $20,000 proposal (temporarily) -- Friberg and Cederlof worked together and Cederlof would give airing to their views there. Carl Seltzer (of Harvard) also favoured this project and Shinn recommended it.
Addison Yeamans and Bill Kloepfer point out that the Karolinska Institute is a highly prestige organisation that also has financial support from Swedish government. So they approved funding of $20,000. [They turned this into a Special Project #4 grant]
6. Leonard Zahn (science/media lobbyist) has made a request ...
... in connection with possible employment or retainer of him by CTR. Zahn says he thinks it would be prefereable for him to be 'retained' rather than 'employed' by CTR (He could get other clients). He says he has excellent relations with the science writers and has good contacts inside and outside of government. [He received a two-year contract at $4,000 a month + travel, entertainment.]
MUCH MORE HERE . [2]
2004 Oct 4 Stevens and Robert E Northrip managed to get some direct testimonies wiped out from court records. [3]
References
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- ↑ (Source: LOI/LOC Summary of Officer & Directors - LOI/LTC Liability Notebook)
- ↑ (PMI's Introduction to Privilege Log and Glossary of Names, Estate of Burl Butler v. PMI, et al, April 19, 1996)
- ↑ (Source: NM Tobacco Companies Personnel List)
