Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
Date | Event |
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1920, May 31 | Born, Hartford, Conn. |
1941 | A.B., College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, Mass. |
1941-1942 | Served in United States Army Air Force |
1945 | LL.B, Georgetown University Law School, Washington, D.C. |
1945-1949 | Practiced law, Hogan & Hartson, Washington, D.C. |
1949 | Cofounded Chase and Williams law firm, Washington, D.C. Married Dorothy A. Guider (died 1959) |
1946-1958 | Professor, criminal law and evidence, Georgetown University Law School, Washington, D.C. |
1954 | Defended Joseph R. McCarthy in censure action before the United States Senate |
1955 | Defended Confidential Magazine against charges of violating postal obscenity laws |
1956 | Defended former Office of Strategic Services officer Aldo Icardi against a perjury charge related to the alleged murder of another OSS officer |
1957 | Represented Frank Costello in a denaturalization proceeding and in an appellate proceeding involving wiretap evidence Defended teamster union leader James R. Hoffa in a bribery case |
1959 | Defended industrialist Bernard Goldfine against tax evasion charges |
1960 | Married Agnes A. Neill Defended Adam Clayton Powell in a tax evasion case |
1962 | Published One Man's Freedom (New York: Atheneum. 344 pp.) |
1963 | Represented Robert G. Baker before the Senate Rules Committee regarding allegations of corruption. |
1965-1985 | President, Washington Redskins football team |
1967 | Cofounded Williams and Connolly, Washington, D.C. |
1971 | Visiting lecturer, Yale University Law School, New Haven, Conn. |
1974-1977 | Treasurer, Democratic party national committee |
1976-77, 82-85 | Member, President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board |
1979-1988 | Owner, Baltimore Orioles baseball team |
1988, Aug. 13 | Died, Washington, D.C. |