Background
III, John Chrysostom Dougherty, was born on May 3, 1915 in Beeville, Texas, United States. Son of John Chrysostom and Mary V. (Henderson) D.
III, John Chrysostom Dougherty, was born on May 3, 1915 in Beeville, Texas, United States. Son of John Chrysostom and Mary V. (Henderson) D.
Bachelor, University Texas, 1937. Bachelor of Laws, Harvard University, 1940. Diploma, Inter-American Academy International and Comparative Law, Havana, Cuba, 1948.
Attorney Hewit & Dougherty, Beeville, 1940-1941. Partner Graves & Dougherty, Austin, 1946-1950, Graves, Dougherty & Greenhill, Austin, 1950-1957, Graves, Dougherty & Gee, Austin, 1957-1960, Graves, Dougherty, Gee & Hearon, Austin, 1961-1966, Graves, Dougherty, Gee, Hearon, Moody & Garwood, Austin, 1966-1973, Graves, Dougherty, Hearon, Moody & Garwood, Austin, 1973-1979, Graves, Dougherty, Hearon & Moody, Austin, 1979-1993, senior counsel, 1993—1997. Retired, 1997
Special assistant attorney general, 1949-1950.
Honorary French Consul, Austin, 1971-1986. Lecturer on tax, estate planning, probate code, community property problems. Member Texas Submerged Lands Advisory Committee, 1963-1972, Texas Business and Commerce Code Advisory Committee, 1964-1966, Governor's Committee on Marine Resources, 1970-1971, Governor's Planning Committee on Colorado River Basin Water Quality Management Study, 1972-1973, Texas Legislation Property Tax Committee, 1973-1975.
Advisory committee Mexico Center Institute of Latin-American Studies University Texas, since 1997.
Board directors Texas Beta Students Aid Fund, 1949-1984, Grenville Clark Fund at Dartmouth College, 1976-1990, Umlauf Sculpture Garden, Inc., 1990-1991, New Life Institute, 1993-2001. Past board directors Advanced Religious Study Foundation, Holy Cross Hospital, Sea Arama, Inc., National Pollution Control Foundation, Austin National Bank. Trustee St. Stephen's Episcopal School, Austin, 1969-1983, Texas Equal Access to Justice Foundation, 1986-1990, University Texas Law School Foundation, 1974-2002.
Member advisory committee Legal Assistants Training Institute, University Texas, 1990-1998. Member visiting committee Harvard Law School, 1983-1987. Captain C.I.C., Army of the United States, 1941-1944, Judge Advocate General Corps, 1944-1946, major United States Army Reserve.
Fellow American Bar Foundation, Texas Bar Foundation, American College Trust and Estate Counsel, American College Tax Counsel. Member American Bar Association (house of deals 1982-1988, standing committee on lawyers public responsibility 1983-1985, special committee on delivery legal services 1987-1991, committee legal problems of the elderly 1997-2000, Senior Lawyers division Pro Bono Lawyer of 1999), American Arbitration Association (national panel arbitrators 1958-1990), Travis County Bar Association (board directors 1974-1976, president 1976-1977), International Academy Estate and Trust Law (executive council 1988-1990), State Bar Texas (chairman section taxation 1965-1966, president 1979-1980, committee legal services to the poor 1986-1994), American Judicature Society (board directors 1985-1987), American Law Institute (advisory committee project law governing lawyers 1990-1997), Texas Supreme Court History Society (trustee since 1997, chairman 1999-2002), Philosophical Society Texas (president 1989, board directors since 1989), Harvard Law School Association (committee on public service law 1990-1995, chairman 1990-1995, council 1991-1995, executive committee 1992-1995), Texas Appleseed, Inc. (board directors since 1996), The Austin Project (board directors since 1999), Rotary.
Married Mary Ireland Graves, April 18, 1942 (deceased July 1977). Children: Molly Ireland, John Chrysostom IV. Married Bea Ann Smith, June 1978 (divorced 1981).
Married Sarah B. Randle, 1981 (deceased June 1997).