Background
McConnell, Edward Bosworth was born on April 3, 1920 in Greenwich, Connecticut, United States. Son of Raymond Arnott and Anna Bell (Lee) McConnell.
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McConnell, Edward Bosworth was born on April 3, 1920 in Greenwich, Connecticut, United States. Son of Raymond Arnott and Anna Bell (Lee) McConnell.
Bachelor of Arts Nebraska, 1941. Bachelor of Laws, University Nebraska, 1947. Master of Business Administration with distinction, Harvard University, 1943.
Member of faculty, Rutgers University School Business Administration, Newark, 1947-1953;
associate firm, Toner, Speakman and Crowley, Newark, New Jersey, 1949-1950;
administrative assistant and law secretary to, Chief Justice of New Jersey, 1950-1953;
administrative director, Court Justices of New Jersey, Trenton, 1953-1973;
also standing master, Supreme Court, 1953-1973;
president, National Center for State Court Justices, Williamsburg, 1973-1990, board directors, 1980-1990;
president emeritus, National Center for State Court Justices, Williamsburg, since 1990;
consultant on court management, National Center for State Court Justices, Williamsburg, since 1990. Member unites states department Justice Council on Role of Court Justices in American Society, 1978-1983. Member of advisory committee Dispute Resolution Policy Study, Social Science Research Institute, University of Southern California, 1975-1979, Civil Litigation Research Project, University of Wisconsin and University Southern California, 1979-1983, national judg. education program to promote equalityfor men and women in the courts, since 1980.
Member National Institute Criminal Justice Task Force, Urban Consortium, 1979-1983. Participant Access To Justice Colloquium, European University Institute, Florence, Italy, 1979. National advanced.coun.
Center Administration Justice, Wayne Stae U., 1973-1977. National project committee State Judicial Information Sys. Project SEARCH Group, 1973-1976.
Lecturer Institute of Local and State Government Wharton School University of Pennsylvania, 1955-1965, Appellate Judges Seminar, Institute Judicial Administration, New York University, 1962-1975. Visiting expert United Nations Asia and Far East Institute, Tokyo, 1971. Member Court Justices Task Force National Advisory Commission Criminal Justice Standards and Goals, 1971-1973.
National advising committee District of Columbia Court Management Project, 1966-1970. Trustee Institute Court Management, 1969-1973, 84-86. Chairman National Conference Court Administrative Officers, 1956.
Member of national task force on gender bias in courts National Association Women Judge's 1985-1990. Member of advisory board National Center for Citizen Participation in Admisntrn. of Justice, 1984-1990. Member National Commission Trial Court Performance Standards, 1991-1995.
Member advisory committee on article III Commission on the Bicentennial of the Constitution, 1989-1991. Advisory committee Judicary Leadership Council, 1990-1995. Major C.E., Army of the United States, 1943-1946, European Theater, 1944-1946.
Fellow National Academy Public Administration (member panel on evaluation budget decentralization project of federal courts 1989-1991, chairman panel long range planning in federal courts 1991-1992, member panel for study of federal trial court administrative structure 1995-1996). Member American Bar Association (fellow-at-large, council member 1960-1966, 71-80, house of deals, 1977-1980, chairman committee on oversight and goals 1975-1976, chairman committee on judicial compensation judicial administration division 1984-1989, chairman judicial administration division 1976-1977, section of litigation task force on excess litigiousness in American 1986-1988, task force on reduction of litigation cost and delay, judicial administration director 1984-1994, chairman 1991-1994, member long range planning committee 1989-1994), New Jersey Bar Association, Nebraska Bar Association, Fellows of America Bar Foundation (life), Warren E. Burger Society, Kingsmill (Virginia) Golf Club, Kingsmill Tennis Club (president 2001), Kingsmill Yacht Club, Order of Coif (honorary), Delta Upsilon, Sigma Delta Phi, Phi Delta Phi.
Married Jeanne M. Rotton (deceased 1984). Children: Annalee, Marilyn, Edward (deceased 1994), Barbara, William. Married Florence M. Leonard, (deceased 1991).
Stepchildren: Susan L. Little, William R. Leonard, Molly M. Leonard.