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That Further Shore : A Memoir of Irish Roots and American Promise.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Fordham University Press, 2020.Description: 1 online resource (412 p.)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780823287369
  • 082328736X
  • 0823287378
  • 9780823287376
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: That Further Shore : A Memoir of Irish Roots and American PromiseDDC classification:
  • 340.092 23
LOC classification:
  • KF373.F44 F44 2020
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part I: My Family and Its Irish History -- 1 What's in a Name? -- 2 Mom's and Pop's Origins -- 3 Mom's and Pop's Childhood -- Part II: A New Home in America -- 4 An American Odyssey -- 5 Settling in the Bronx -- 6 Growing Up in an Irish Immigrant Family -- 7 Uncle Pat, Our Life-Long Companion -- 8 Memories of the Nearby House That Ruth Built -- Part III: My Salad Days -- 9 St. Angela Merici Grammar School, 1942-1950 -- 10 Bishop Dubois High School, 1950-1954 -- 11 Fordham College, 1954-1958
12 Fordham Law School, 1958-1961 -- 13 Meeting the Love of My Life: Emalie -- Part IV: Career as a Lawyer -- 14 Learning in Part-Time Jobs -- 15 Joining a Small Law Firm-Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom -- 16 Leaving Skadden -- 17 Becoming a Law School Dean: An Overview -- Photographs -- 18 Commitments, Challenges, and Special Moments -- 19 The Many Hats a Dean Wears -- 20 Fordham Law Goes to Ireland -- 21 Leaving the Deanship -- 22 Becoming a Classroom Teacher -- Part V: The Vocation of Service -- 23 Serving Others -- 24 The Voluntary Bar
25 Public Service: From Carey to Koch to Cuomo to Bloomberg to Kaye -- 26 Boards of Not-for-Profit, Charitable, and Public Institutions -- 27 The Catholic Church -- Part VI: Peacemaking and Problem-Solving -- 28 Learning the Art of Conflict Resolution -- 29 Conflicts in the Public Eye -- Part VII: Constitutional Endeavors -- 30 Presidential Succession -- 31 The Electoral College System -- 32 Other Constitutional Opportunities -- Part VIII: The World of Government Ethics -- 33 The New York State Commission on Government Integrity -- 34 New York State Ethics Commission
35 The New York State Public Integrity Commission -- Part IX: Marriage and Family -- 36 Our Growing Family -- 37 Deaths in the Family -- 38 Roses in December-Rediscovering Mom and Pop -- 39 My Family: Immediate and Extended -- Part X: On a Personal Note -- 40 What I Learned -- 41 Advice to My Grandchildren -- Appendixes -- A Non-Feerick Surnames Associated with My Family -- B My Dean's Reports -- C Remarks on Receiving the ABA Medal -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index
Summary: This book is the autobiography of a lawyer, born in the Bronx of immigrant parents, who practiced law, served as dean of Fordham Law, participated in framing the Constitution's Twenty-Fifth Amendment, and served as President of the New York City Bar Association and chair of State Commissions on government integrity.
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Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part I: My Family and Its Irish History -- 1 What's in a Name? -- 2 Mom's and Pop's Origins -- 3 Mom's and Pop's Childhood -- Part II: A New Home in America -- 4 An American Odyssey -- 5 Settling in the Bronx -- 6 Growing Up in an Irish Immigrant Family -- 7 Uncle Pat, Our Life-Long Companion -- 8 Memories of the Nearby House That Ruth Built -- Part III: My Salad Days -- 9 St. Angela Merici Grammar School, 1942-1950 -- 10 Bishop Dubois High School, 1950-1954 -- 11 Fordham College, 1954-1958

12 Fordham Law School, 1958-1961 -- 13 Meeting the Love of My Life: Emalie -- Part IV: Career as a Lawyer -- 14 Learning in Part-Time Jobs -- 15 Joining a Small Law Firm-Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom -- 16 Leaving Skadden -- 17 Becoming a Law School Dean: An Overview -- Photographs -- 18 Commitments, Challenges, and Special Moments -- 19 The Many Hats a Dean Wears -- 20 Fordham Law Goes to Ireland -- 21 Leaving the Deanship -- 22 Becoming a Classroom Teacher -- Part V: The Vocation of Service -- 23 Serving Others -- 24 The Voluntary Bar

25 Public Service: From Carey to Koch to Cuomo to Bloomberg to Kaye -- 26 Boards of Not-for-Profit, Charitable, and Public Institutions -- 27 The Catholic Church -- Part VI: Peacemaking and Problem-Solving -- 28 Learning the Art of Conflict Resolution -- 29 Conflicts in the Public Eye -- Part VII: Constitutional Endeavors -- 30 Presidential Succession -- 31 The Electoral College System -- 32 Other Constitutional Opportunities -- Part VIII: The World of Government Ethics -- 33 The New York State Commission on Government Integrity -- 34 New York State Ethics Commission

35 The New York State Public Integrity Commission -- Part IX: Marriage and Family -- 36 Our Growing Family -- 37 Deaths in the Family -- 38 Roses in December-Rediscovering Mom and Pop -- 39 My Family: Immediate and Extended -- Part X: On a Personal Note -- 40 What I Learned -- 41 Advice to My Grandchildren -- Appendixes -- A Non-Feerick Surnames Associated with My Family -- B My Dean's Reports -- C Remarks on Receiving the ABA Medal -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index

This book is the autobiography of a lawyer, born in the Bronx of immigrant parents, who practiced law, served as dean of Fordham Law, participated in framing the Constitution's Twenty-Fifth Amendment, and served as President of the New York City Bar Association and chair of State Commissions on government integrity.

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