Background
Evans, Donald John was born on January 29, 1926 in Springfield, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Daniel G. and Marcia M. (Shaughnessy) Evans.
Evans, Donald John was born on January 29, 1926 in Springfield, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Daniel G. and Marcia M. (Shaughnessy) Evans.
AB, Dartmouth College, 1947; Juris Doctor, Harvard University, 1952.
Associate firm, Goodwin, Procter & Hoar, Boston, 1952-1959;
partner, Goodwin, Procter & Hoar, since 1960. Member Massachusetts Business Roundtable. Counsel Massachusetts Biotechnology Council, Inc.
Clerk, board directors Massachusetts Business Advisory Superior vena cava syndrome Corporation, Massachusetts Business Product Development Corporation. Board directors, secretary, member compensation committee UniFirst Corporation. Secretary, board of directors, member Executive Committee Massachusetts Business Development Corporation.
Secretary, clerk Massachusetts High Technology Council, Inc., Massachusetts Certified Development Corporation. Member legal advising committee New York Stock Exch., 1972-1974, 78-82.
President World Affairs Council of Boston. Chairman Cohasset Common History District Commission. Adjunct member Massachusetts Governor's Biotechnology Task Force.
Fellow American Bar Foundation. Member American Bar Association (past chairman honorary member council business law section, counsel responsibility committee, planning and review committee, committee on law and accounting, federal regulation of securities committee, committee on long range issues affecting business law practice, business insurance committee, ad hoc committee on technical assistance to emerging economies, ad hoc committee on retroactive legislation and regulation, various other committees), Massachusetts Bar Association, Boston Bar Association (securities law committee), International Bar Association (trading in securities committee), American Law Institute, American College Investment Counsel, American Arbitration Association (arbitrator), Bay Club, Cohasset Golf Club, Cohasset Tennis and Squash Club, Cohasset Yacht Club (past commodore), Union Club (president 1980-1982), Commercial Club, Club of Boston-Merchants.
Married Sheila Sweeney, April 24, 1954. Children: Daniel S., Elizabeth E. Bodner, Martha E. Morris.