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Garrity, Wendell Arthur, Jr.

Born June 20, 1920, in Worcester, MA
Died September 16, 1999, in Wellesley, MA

Federal Judicial Service:
Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts
Nominated by Lyndon B. Johnson on May 23, 1966, to a new seat authorized by 75 Stat. 80. Confirmed by the Senate on June 24, 1966, and received commission on June 24, 1966. Assumed senior status on December 1, 1985. Service terminated on September 16, 1999, due to death.

Education:
College of the Holy Cross, A.B., 1941
Harvard Law School, LL.B., 1946

Professional Career:

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
Member, Judicial Conference of the United States, 1982-1985

Manuscript Collections

University of Massachusetts Boston
Healey Library
Boston, Mass.
Papers on the Boston Schools Desegregation Case, 1972-1997; 84 linear ft. (56 boxes); finding aid; collection contains correspondence, drafts, orders, opinions, briefs, memoranda, reports, transcripts, research materials and notes, newspaper clippings, photographs, manuscripts of published and unpublished writings, and correspondence.

Oral History

Garrity, W. Arthur. "W. Arthur Garrity." Interview conducted on October 17, 1977, by William Hartigan. John F. Kennedy Library, Boston, Massachusetts, 1977. Audiotape, 1 hour; transcript, 24 pages.

Portraits

Judge W. Arthur Garrity, artist unknown, Photograph, n.d., U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts. Reference image courtesy of the Property and Procurement Office of the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts. Further reproduction prohibited without prior permission from the Clerk of Court, U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts.

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Garrity, Wendell Arthur, Jr.