Drinan, Robert F.
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Drinan, Robert F.
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Drinan, Robert Frederic
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Drinan, Robert Frederic
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Jesuit priest, professor, and former Congressman.
Drinan was born in Boston in 1920. He attended Boston College and Georgetown University, and was ordained in 1953. From 1956 to 1970 he was Dean of the Boston College Law School, and from 1971 to 1980 he served in the United States House of Representatives. While in Congress Drinan advocated human rights, was involved in the Nixon impeachment hearings, helped revise the U.S. Criminal Code, and spearheaded abolishment of the House Internal Security Committee. In 1981 he went to teach at Georgetown University Law Center. While at Georgetown, Drinan specilized in international human rights, constitutional law, and arms control. He remained on the faculty at the Center for twenty-six years. Drinan died January, 2007, at the age of 86.
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Advertising, political
Catholic universities and colleges
Criminal law
Human rights
Jesuits
Jews, Soviet
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Watergate Affair, 1972-1974
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United States
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Brookline (Mass.)
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