John A. MCREYNOLDS

Background

Rose, John was born on September 26, 1940 in Falmouth, Massachusetts, United States. Son of John and Josepha (Fontes) Rose.

Education

University of Notre Dame (Bachelor of Business Administration, 1962). University of Tennessee (Juris Doctor, 1964). Phi Delta Phi. Member- (This Card Continued).

Career

Bar: Connecticut 1966, United States District Court Connecticut 1967, United States Supeme Court 1973. Staff attorney New Haven Legal Assistance Association, 1966-1967. Assistant chief prosecutor Connecticut Circuit Court Justices, 1967-1968.

Associate Ribicoff and Kotkin, Hartford, Connecticut,1968-1972, partner, 1972-1978. Partner Louden, Byrne, Shechtman, Slater & Rose, Hartford, 1978-1981. Principal Byrne, Shectman & Slater, Professional Corporation, Hartford, since 1981.

Lecturer professional seminars, continuing legal education. Member exec.com. Yale University Law School. Panelist Comment television show Station WFSB.

Member Maj.Appliance Consumer Action Panel, 1973-1983. Chairman Connecticut Advisory Committee to the United States Commision on Civil Rightrs, 1974-1982. Member Dartmouth College Alumni Council, since 1981.

Achievements

• Rose ran for Governor of Kentucky in 1995, finishing third in the five-way Democratic primary won by Paul E. Patton, who also won the general election that November. Rose's ticket won 71,740 votes to Patton's 152,203 and Secretary of State Bob Babbage's 81,352.

Politics

A member of a Christian Church should support all social initiatives having a purpose to maintain and strengthen well-being and progress of the whole community and its members.

Views

In a society where self-interest, acquisitiveness and individual happiness are often seen as the over-riding interests, the Church, and Christians within it, are called to witness meanings, values and purposes beyond ourselves.

Membership

Member Connecticut Bar Association, Hartford County Bar Association, National.Bar Association, George W. Crawford Law Association (president, founder), Alpha Phi Alpha.

Connections

Married Claudia Bentley, March 22, 1975. Children: Anika Noni, Khari Sekou.

Father:

John Rose

Mother:

Josepha (Fontes) Rose

Spouse:

Claudia Bentley

child:

Anika Noni Rose

child:

Khari Sekou Rose