Background
Curtis, James Theodore was born on July 8, 1923 in Lowell, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Theodore D. and Maria (Souliotis) Koutras.
Curtis, James Theodore was born on July 8, 1923 in Lowell, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Theodore D. and Maria (Souliotis) Koutras.
Lowell High School; University of Michigan (Bachelor of Arts, 1948). Harvard Law School (Juris Doctor, 1951). Awarded, D.Sc., University of Lowell, 1972.
Assistant Attorney General for Massachusetts, 1953. Trustee, 1963-1972; Vice Chairman, 1967-1969. Chairman, 1969-1972, Board of Trustees of University of Lowell.
Director, University of Lowell, Research Foundation, 1965-1972. Member, Board of Higher Education, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1967-1972. President, Harvard Gub of Lowell, 1968-1970.
Elected Commissioner, City of Lowell Charter Commission, 1969-1971.
Associate Adams & Blinn, Boston, 1951-1952. Legal assistant, assistant attorney general Massachusetts, 1952-1953. Private practice law Lowell, 1953-1957.
Senior partner firm Goldman & Curtis, and predecessors, Lowell and Boston, since 1957. With 10th mount division United States Army, 1943-1945, special agent counter intelligence corporations United States Army, 1945-1946.
Elected member Lowell Charter Commission, 1969—1971. Delegate Democratic Party State Conventions, 1956—1960. Chairman Greater Lowell Heart Fund, 1967—1968.
Member advisory board Salvation Army, secretary, 1956—1958. Member Board Higher Education Msss., 1967—1972. Board directors University Massachusetts Research Foundation, Lowell, 1965—1972, Merrimack Valley Health Planning Council, 1969—1972.
Trustee University Massachusetts, Lowell, 1963—1972, chairman board, 1968—1972. Member of Association of Trial Lawyers of America, American Bar Association, University Michigan Alumni Association, Harvard Law School Alumni Association, American Judicature Society, Massachusetts Academy Trial Lawyers, Middlesex Conty Bar Association, Massachusetts Bar Association, DAV, Lowell History Society, Harvard Club (Lowell, president 1969-1971, board directors), Masons, Delta Epsilon Pi.
Married Kleanthe D. Dusopol, June 25, 1950. Children: Madelon Mary, Theodore James, Stephanie Diane, Gregory Theodosius, James Theodore Junior.