Background
Mcnamara, Francis Joseph was born on October 23, 1896 in Watertown, Massachusetts, United States. Son of John Edward and Katherine Gertrude (Dwyer) Mcnamara.
Mcnamara, Francis Joseph was born on October 23, 1896 in Watertown, Massachusetts, United States. Son of John Edward and Katherine Gertrude (Dwyer) Mcnamara.
Bachelor of Arts, Boston College, 1918. Juris Doctor, Boston University, 1921.
Member bar New York, Connecticut supreme courts, United States Court Appeals, Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, United States District Court, Supreme Court United States, United States Connecticut. Claims. Practiced law, Boston. Head attorney Alien Property Bureau, 1935.
Became special assistant to attorney general of the United States, 1936.
In charge alien property division Department of Justice from 1938. Became assistant to Alien Property Custodian, 1942.
Deputy alien property custodian, 1944-1946. General counsel Remington Rand, Incorporated., 1946-1961, Vice-President, 1954-1961.
Vice president, general counsel Remington Rand division of Sperry Rand Corporation, 1956-1960.
Counsel Cummings&Lockwood, attorneys, Stamford, Connecticut, also Frost & Towers, attorneys, Washington, from 1961. Founder, president, director The Villas Incorporated., Palm Beach, Florida Chairman finance committee, Watertown, Massachusetts, 1930-1932. Counsel for Watertown, 1932-1935.
Member bar New York, Connecticut supreme courts, United States Court Appeals, Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, United States District Court, Supreme Court United States, United States Connecticut. Claims. Served at Field Artillery Officers Training School, Camp Taylor, Kentucky, 1918. Member American Legion, Phi Delta Phi, Executive Council of Federal Bar Association.
Clubs: Bath and Tennis, Everglades (Palm Beach, Florida).
Married Louise A. English, November 25, 1926. Children: Francis J., Lois Anne, Jeanne.