Robert Drinan
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The Honorable Father Robert Drinan S.J. |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 3rd district |
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In office January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1973 |
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| Preceded by | Philip J. Philbin |
| Succeeded by | Harold Donohue |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 4th district |
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In office January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1981 |
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| Preceded by | Harold Donohue |
| Succeeded by | Barney Frank |
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Robert Frederick Drinan November 15, 1920 Boston, Massachusetts |
| Died | January 28, 2007 (aged 86) Washington, D.C. |
| Political party | Democratic |
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Boston College (B.A., M.A.) Georgetown University Law Center (LL.B, LL.M) Gregorian University (Th.D.) |
| Profession | Priest, legislator, professor |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
Robert Frederick Drinan, S.J. (November 15, 1920 – January 28, 2007) was a Roman Catholic Jesuit priest, lawyer, human rights activist, and Democratic U.S. Representative from Massachusetts. He was also a law professor at Georgetown University Law Center for the last twenty-six years of his life.
Drinan grew up in Hyde Park, Massachusetts, the son of Ann Mary (Flanagan) and James John Drinan. He graduated from Hyde Park High School in 1938. He received a B.A. and an M.A. from Boston College in 1942 and joined the Society of Jesus the same year; he was ordained as a Catholic priest in 1953. He received an LL.M. and LL.B. from Georgetown University Law Center in 1950, and a doctorate in theology from Gregorian University in Rome in 1954.
Drinan studied in Florence for two years before returning to Boston, where he was admitted to the bar in 1956. He served as dean of the Boston College Law School from 1956 until 1970, during which time he also taught as a professor of family law and church-state relations. During this period he was also a visiting professor at other schools including the University of Texas School of Law. He served on several Massachusetts state commissions convened to study legal issues such as judicial salaries and lawyer conflicts of interest.
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