Apart from a two-year stint as a prosecutor in the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York, 学习他的手艺, Otis’ career as a litigator defending major corporations from New York to California spanned the 46 years from 1956 through 2002, 第一次在休斯工作了34年, 哈伯德 & 里德,然后是阿诺德 & 直到退休.
之后, he continued to office with the firm for several years pursuing his civic and charitable passions as a member of New York City’s Art Commission, 现在被称为公共设计委员会, 作为十大网堵平台博物馆和绿木公墓的受托人, and as a preservationist with the Municipal Art Society and the Brooklyn Heights Association. 每奥蒂斯, 比他的律师生涯更重要的事, 然而, has been his commitment to the historic preservation of New York City’s architectural heritage. 从1958年开始, 他和妻子南希, led a seven year effort on behalf of Brooklyn Heights to achieve the New York City Landmarks Law and designation of the Heights as the City’s first historic district (of which there are now 156).
这些努力在出版的历史中得到了认可, 保护纽约, 并获得了环境行动联盟1989年的绿星奖, 1993年纽约历史街区委员会颁发的地标狮子奖, 纽约地标保护协会2000年的露西·G. 摩西保护领袖奖(与南希), 十大网堵平台植物园2007年连翘奖, the Green-Wood Historic Fund’s 2009 DeWitt Clinton Award (with Nancy) and the New York Preservation Archive Project’s Preservation Award. 最近, in 2022 Ot是一个d Nancy were recognized as Pillars of New York by the Preservation League of NYS.
Otis Pearsall was the recipient of Poly’s 校友会 Award for Distinguished Achievement in 2024.
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