Background
Downey, John Francis was born on December 31, 1914 in Sacramento. Son of Stephen W. and Persis (McIntire) Downey.
Downey, John Francis was born on December 31, 1914 in Sacramento. Son of Stephen W. and Persis (McIntire) Downey.
Stanford University (Bachelor of Arts, 1936). Stanford University, University of Southern California (Bachelor of Laws, 1938). Member Staff, University of Southern California Law Review, 19371938.
Practiced in, Visalia, 1938-1939. Federal conciliation commissioner Tulare County, California, 1939-1940. Partner Downey, Brand, Seymour & Rohwer, Sacramento, 1946-1984, of counsel, since 1984.
Teacher McGeorge College Law University Pacific, 1946-1947. Vice-chairman California Capitol Building Planning Commission, 1960-1967. Member advisory board Sacramento State College, since 1950, chairman, 1967-1970.
Member Human Relations Committee, Sacramento County, 1963-1968. Chairman advisory board Sacramento Public Affairs Center, University Southern California, 1985-1987.
Chairman chancellor's advisory council California State Colleges, 1974-1976. Served to major C.E. Army of the United States, 1940-1945. Fellow American College Trial Lawyers, American Bar Foundation.
Member Sacramento County Bar Association (president 1959), Sacramento Legal Aid Society (president 1956) Clubs: Rotarian (president Sacramento 1958, Paul Harris fellow 1980), Comstock (president 1974).
Married Betty Werner, October 16, 1943. Children– Barbara, Michael, Cynthia, David, Kathryn, Eve, Stephen, John, Richard, Thomas, Dennis.