Wendell Arthur Garrity Jr.

Wendell Arthur Garrity Jr.
District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts
In office June 24, 1966 – December 1, 1985
Preceded by	Seat Created
Succeeded by	Douglas Preston Woodlock
United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts
In office 1961–1966
Preceded by	Elliot Richardson
Succeeded by	Paul F. Markham
Personal details
Born	(1920-06-20)June 20, 1920 Worcester, Massachusetts, U.S.
Died	September 16, 1999(1999-09-16) (aged 79) Wellesley, Massachusetts, U.S.
Nationality	American
Alma mater	College of the Holy Cross Harvard Law School
Occupation	Attorney Judge

Wendell Arthur (W. Arthur) Garrity Jr. (June 20, 1920 – September 16, 1999) was a United States federal judge famous for issuing the 1974 order in Morgan v. Hennigan which mandated that Boston schools be desegregated by means of busing.

Born in Worcester, Massachusetts, Garrity received an A.B. from The College of The Holy Cross in 1941, and was then a Sergeant in the United States Army during World War II, from 1943 to 1945. He received an LL.B. from Harvard Law School in 1946, and served as a law clerk to Francis J.W. Ford of the U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts from 1946 to 1947. Garrity entered private practice in Boston, Massachusetts and Worcester, Massachusetts from 1947 to 1948. He was an assistant U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts from 1948 to 1950, lecturing in federal jurisdiction and procedure at Boston College Law School from 1950 to 1951. He was in private practice in Boston, Massachusetts from 1951 to 1961. He was the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts from 1961 to 1966.

On May 23, 1966, Garrity was nominated by President Lyndon B. Johnson to a new seat on the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts created by 75 Stat. 80. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on June 24, 1966, and received his commission the same day.

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