Millard Kaufman Millard Kaufman Millard Kaufman(March 12, 1917 – March 14, 2009) was an American screenwriter and novelist. His works include the Academy Award-nominated "Bad Day at Black Rock" (1955). He was also one of the creators of Mr. Magoo. Kaufman was born and raised in Baltimore and graduated from the Baltimore City College (high school). He eventually graduated from Johns Hopkins University after work as a merchant seaman. After that, he moved to New York City, taking a job as copyboy for the "New York Daily News". At some point, he married Lorraine Paisley. He enlisted in the Marines in 1942,
Samuel H. Kaufman United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. Kaufman served until 1955, when he became medically disabled and took senior status. He died in 1960. Kaufman was best known as the judge who presided over the first trial of Alger Hiss for perjury before a federal grand jury. That trial ended in a hung jury. The case was reassigned and the second trial, which resulted in a conviction, was presided over by Judge Henry W. Goddard. Samuel Kaufman was not related to Judge Irving R. Kaufman, who was appointed to the Southern District of New York at