Dooling, John Francis

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b. June 13, 1908, Brooklyn, New York.

s. John Francis and Anna Clothilde (Conlan) Dooling.

A.B. cum laude, St. Francis College, Brooklyn, 1929.

LL.B. magna cum laude, St. Johns University.

LL.B., Harvard University, 1934.

m. Marie Dorothea Elizabeth Bernard, April 24, 1937; children: Julienne (Mrs. Eugene B. Nann), Deborah (Mrs. Paul G. Fitzgerald), Peter, Ann, Marie.

Admitted to New York State bar, 1934.

Attorney with Sullivan & Cromwell, New York City, 1934-1961.

U.S. District Judge, Eastern District of New York, 1961-1981; appointed by President John F. Kennedy.

Trustee, Vassar College, 1965-1969.

Member, American Law Institute.

Member, Association of the Bar of the City of New York; chairman of its committee on state legislation, 1951-1953; on committee on courts' superior jurisdiction, 1957-1960.

d. January 12, 1981.

Author:

"Seider v. Roth After Shaffer v. Heitner," XLV Brooklyn Law Review 505-518 (1979).

From the guide to the Papers, 1960-1980, (Harvard Law School Library, Harvard University)

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