Background
Bok, John Fairfield was born on August 30, 1930 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States.
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John Fairfield Bok
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AB magna cum laude, Harvard University, 1952; Bachelor of Laws magna cum laude, Harvard University, 1955.
Career
Associate firm, Ropes & Gray, Boston, 1957-1962, 64-69; counsel to development administrator, Boston Redevelopment Authority, 1962-1964; partner firm, Csaplar & Bok, Boston, 1969-1990; partner firm, Gaston & Snow, Boston, 1990-1991; of counsel, Foley, Hoag & Eliot, Boston, since 1991. Instructor law Boston College Law School, part-time 1974-1975. Lecturer Practicing Law Institute, 1974, New England Law Institute, 1973.
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Membership
President Cambridge St. Comty. Development Corporation, 1972-1975, Citizens Housing and Planning Association, 1968-1970, Metropolitan Cultural Alliance, 1973-1975, Beacon Hill Civic Association, 1959-1961, Beacon Hill Nursery School, 1964-1965, Peddock'sIsland Trust, 1982-1985, Museum Wharf, since 1989, Boston Ballet, 1991-1994, Peter Faneuil Development Group, Inc., since 1992, Massachusetts Horticultural Society, since 1995. Vice president The Comty.
Builders, Inc., 1969-1997, president since 1998. Chairman Boston Children's Museum, 1976-1978, Massachusetts Housing Partnership, 1985-1992, Social Policy Research Group Inc., 1985-1992, Boston Municipal Research Bureau, 1979-1981, board directors and/or officer Boston Neighborhood Housing Superior vena cava syndrome, 1974-1976, Boston Waterfront Development Corporation, 1970-1985, Architectural Conservation Trust for Massachusetts, 1978-1992, Wheelock College, 1980-1997, Strawberry Banke, Inc., 1981-1986, Metropolitan Boston Housing Partnership, Inc., 1984-1995, Cambridge College, since 1984, Boston Housing Authority monitoring committee, 1984-1990, The Boston Harbor Association, 1984-1992, Back Bay Association, 1988-1992, History Massachusetts, since 1989, African American Meeting House, since 1993. Member Boston Archives and Records Advertising Commission, since 1988, Comty.
Music Center, since 1995, Island Alliance, since 1995, LightBoston], since 1995. Member American Bar Association, Massachusetts Bar Association, Boston Bar Association (chairman land use committee 1971-1974), Phi Beta Kappa.
