Background
King, John Francis was born on April 23, 1925 in Waynesboro, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Thomas Henry and Victoria Walker (Beaver) King.
King, John Francis was born on April 23, 1925 in Waynesboro, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Thomas Henry and Victoria Walker (Beaver) King.
Dickinson College (Bachelor of Arts, 1949). Georgetown University (Juris Doctor, 1952).
Partner Anderson, Coe & King, Baltimore, from 1957. Visiting faculty Harvard University Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1982. Faculty Maryland Institute for Continuing Legal Education, Baltimore, 1980-1985.
Instructor commercial law McCoy College Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, 1954-1974.
Contributor articles to professional journals.
President Maryland chapter Arthritis Foundation, 1967-1969. Board directors Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights, Baltimore, 1963-1970, Maryland Conference Social Welfare, Baltimore, 1970-1975, Maryland chapter American Civil Liberties Union, Baltimore, 1971-1980. Member City-County Democratic Club, 1963, Medical-Legal Foundation Maryland, since 1968.
Fellow American College Trial Lawyers, Maryland Bar Foundation. Member American Bar Association, Maryland Bar Association, Baltimore City Bar Association (treasurer 1962-1965, secretary 1965-1966), American Judicature Society, American Medical Association, Wig & Pen Club, Wednesday Law Club, Johns Hopkins Faculty Club, Elkridge Club, L'Hirondelle Club.
Married Nancy Lee Packard, August 14, 1954 (divorced June 1974). Children: John. F. Junior, Anne Lee, Margaret Packard. Married Linda Louden Meding, June 10, 1977.