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1 online resource (412 p.) |
| Contents |
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part I: My Family and Its Irish History -- 1 What's in a Name? -- 2 Mom's and Pop's Origins -- 3 Mom's and Pop's Childhood -- Part II: A New Home in America -- 4 An American Odyssey -- 5 Settling in the Bronx -- 6 Growing Up in an Irish Immigrant Family -- 7 Uncle Pat, Our Life-Long Companion -- 8 Memories of the Nearby House That Ruth Built -- Part III: My Salad Days -- 9 St. Angela Merici Grammar School, 1942-1950 -- 10 Bishop Dubois High School, 1950-1954 -- 11 Fordham College, 1954-1958 |
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12 Fordham Law School, 1958-1961 -- 13 Meeting the Love of My Life: Emalie -- Part IV: Career as a Lawyer -- 14 Learning in Part-Time Jobs -- 15 Joining a Small Law Firm-Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom -- 16 Leaving Skadden -- 17 Becoming a Law School Dean: An Overview -- Photographs -- 18 Commitments, Challenges, and Special Moments -- 19 The Many Hats a Dean Wears -- 20 Fordham Law Goes to Ireland -- 21 Leaving the Deanship -- 22 Becoming a Classroom Teacher -- Part V: The Vocation of Service -- 23 Serving Others -- 24 The Voluntary Bar |
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25 Public Service: From Carey to Koch to Cuomo to Bloomberg to Kaye -- 26 Boards of Not-for-Profit, Charitable, and Public Institutions -- 27 The Catholic Church -- Part VI: Peacemaking and Problem-Solving -- 28 Learning the Art of Conflict Resolution -- 29 Conflicts in the Public Eye -- Part VII: Constitutional Endeavors -- 30 Presidential Succession -- 31 The Electoral College System -- 32 Other Constitutional Opportunities -- Part VIII: The World of Government Ethics -- 33 The New York State Commission on Government Integrity -- 34 New York State Ethics Commission |
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35 The New York State Public Integrity Commission -- Part IX: Marriage and Family -- 36 Our Growing Family -- 37 Deaths in the Family -- 38 Roses in December-Rediscovering Mom and Pop -- 39 My Family: Immediate and Extended -- Part X: On a Personal Note -- 40 What I Learned -- 41 Advice to My Grandchildren -- Appendixes -- A Non-Feerick Surnames Associated with My Family -- B My Dean's Reports -- C Remarks on Receiving the ABA Medal -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index |
| Summary |
This book is the autobiography of a lawyer, born in the Bronx of immigrant parents, who practiced law, served as dean of Fordham Law, participated in framing the Constitution's Twenty-Fifth Amendment, and served as President of the New York City Bar Association and chair of State Commissions on government integrity |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
| Subject |
Feerick, John D.
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| SUBJECT |
Feerick, John D. fast |
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Fordham University. School of Law -- Presidents -- Biography
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| SUBJECT |
Fordham University. School of Law fast |
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Lawyers -- United States -- Biography
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Lawyers & Judges.
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Lawyers
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Presidents
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Shelley, Thomas J
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| ISBN |
9780823287369 |
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082328736X |
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0823287378 |
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9780823287376 |
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