Background
Bellefontaine, Edgar John was born on November 28, 1930 in Bangor, Maine, Bachelor of Arts with highest honors, U. Maine, 1958.
Bellefontaine, Edgar John was born on November 28, 1930 in Bangor, Maine, Bachelor of Arts with highest honors, U. Maine, 1958.
University of Maine (Bachelor of Arts, 1958). Boston College Law School (Juris Doctor, 1961).
Bar: Maine 1961, Massachusetts 1962, United States District Court 1962. Librarian, Social Law Library, Boston, since 1961. Reporter Massachusetts Judicial Conference Criminal Rules Project, 1972-1978.
Member Federal Speedy Trial Planning Group District Massachusetts, since 1975, District Rhode Island, since 1978.
Commissioner/special master for implementation new rules of criminal procedure, Supreme Judicial Court, 1978. Member Governor"s Conference Libraries, since 1978.
Member Massachusetts Judicial Records Committee, since 1976. Board director Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court History Society, 1990.
Member of American Association Law Library., American Judicature Society, Boston Bar Association, Massachusetts Bar Association (chairman committee law research materials since 1972), American Bar Association (member (chairman special committee law book public)), Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court History Society (board director since 1990), Massachusetts Judicial Records Committee (member 1976).