Frances McGovern

Background

McGovern, Frances was born on April 18, 1927 in Akron, Ohio, United States. Daughter of Bernard Francis andPauline A. (Menegay) McGrath. Bachelor of Arts, U. Akron, 1948.

Education

Bachelor of Laws, Case Western Resident.U., 1949. Bar: Ohio 1949, United States District Court (northern district) Ohio 1951, United States.Supreme Court 1963, United States Court Appeals (6th circuit) 1975. Private practice, Barberton, Ohio, 1949-1952.

Associate Motz, Morris, Wilson & Quine, Akron, Ohio, 1952-1955.

Partner Quine & McGovern, Akron, 1955-1960, 63-65. Attorney Ohio Edison Company, Akron, 1965-1978, senior attorney, 1978-1988, associate general counsel, 1988-1989.

Career

She was born in Akron, Ohio and lived there all of her life. She was a lawyer by trade, working in both private practice and in the legal department of Ohio Edison (now FirstEnergy). After retirement, she wrote two books, Written on the Hills, which dealt with the geographical history of Akron, and Fun, Cheap, and Easy, where she told about her life in politics.

Achievements

• Frances McGovern has been listed as a reputable lawyer by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Written On The Hills: The Making of the Akron Landscape

    ( In warm and lively prose, Written on the Hills explores...)

  • Written On The Hills: The Making of the Akron Landscape by McGovern, Frances (1996) Hardcover

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  • Written On The Hills: The Making of the Akron Landscape Hardcover - April 1, 1996

Membership

Member Ohio General Assembly, 1955-1960, chairman judiciary committee, 1959-1960. Member, chairman Ohio Public Utilities Commission, 1960-1963. Member Department Labor Employment Security Board, Washington, 1963-1968.

Vice-chairman Charter Commission Summit County, 1969-1970. Delegate, platform committee Democratic National Convention, 1960, delegate 1964. Trustee Northeast Ohio College Medicine, Rootstown, 1979-1981, University Akron, 1973-1982.

President United Way, 1987-1989, board directors. Secretary Employee Special Services Commission, 1974-1991. Board directors Medical Education Foundation Northeast Ohio University College Medicine, 1982-1997, trustee emeritus, 1997-2003, Archbishop Hoban High School, 1977-1990, University Akron Foundation, 1973-1997, Summit County History Society, 1997-2003, Progress Through Preservation, 1996-2003, Access, 1999-2002.

Chairman county charter committee Akron Regional Development Board, 1990-1992. Active League of Women Voters, Akron Education Foundation, 1993-1996, Summit 2000. Member Akron Bar Association (St. Thomas More award 1997).

Connections

Father:

Bernard Francis McGovern

Mother:

Pauline A. (Menegay) McGovern