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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MassachusettsRobert Frederick DRINAN
(1920-2007)
DRINAN, Robert Frederick,
a Representative from Massachusetts; born in Boston, Mass.,
November 15, 1920; attended the public schools of Hyde Park, Mass.;
A.B., M.A., Boston College, 1942; entered the Jesuit Order, 1942,
and was ordained a Catholic priest, 1953; LL.B., LL.M., Georgetown
University Law Center, Washington, D.C., 1950; admitted to the
Massachusetts bar in 1956; dean, Boston College Law School,
1956-1970; professor of family law and church-state relations;
visiting professor, University of Texas Law School, 1966-1967;
professor, Georgetown University Law Center, 1981- 2007; vice
president, Massachusetts Bar Association, 1961-1964; author and
editor; lecturer on church-state relations, Andover Newton
Theological Seminary, Newton, Mass., 1966, 1968; chairman, Advisory
Committee for Massachusetts to United States Commission on Civil
Rights, 1962-1971; member, Governor’s commission to study
conflict of interests, 1962; Griswold commission to study judicial
salaries, 1962; member, Massachusetts Attorney General’s
Committee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties; delegate to
Massachusetts State Democratic convention, 1972; delegate to
Democratic National Convention, 1972; elected as a Democrat to the
Ninety-second and to the four succeeding Congresses (January 3,
1971-January 3, 1981); was not a candidate for reelection in 1980
to the Ninety-seventh Congress; died on January 28, 2007, in
Washington, D.C.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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