Wendell Arthur Garrity Jr.

Judge Wendell Arthur Garrity Jr.

Personal

Birthday:

6/20/1920

Birthplace:

Worcester, MA

Date of Death:

9/16/1999

Place of Death:

Wellesley, MA

Race or Ethnicity:

White

Gender:

Male

Prior Employment:

U.S. Army sergeant, 1943-1945
Law clerk, Hon. Francis J.W. Ford, U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts, 1946-1947
Private practice, Boston and Worcester, Massachusetts, 1947-1948
Assistant U.S. attorney, District of Massachusetts, 1948-1950
Lecturer in federal jurisdiction and procedure, Boston College Law School, 1950-1951
Private practice, Boston, Massachusetts, 1951-1961
U.S. attorney for the District of Massachusetts, 1961-1966

Education

Name of School:

College of the Holy Cross

Degree:

A.B.

Degree Year:

1941

Name of School - Second:

Harvard Law School

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Degree - Second:

LL.B.

Degree Year - Second:

1946

Judicial Career

Court Name:

U. S. District Court, District of Massachusetts

Court Name:

Massachusetts District Court

President Nominating:

Lyndon B. Johnson

Party Affiliation of President:

Democratic

Commission Date:

6/24/1966

Retirement from Active Service:

12/1/1985

Termination Date:

9/16/1999

Termination Reason:

Death