Background
O’Brian, John Lord was born on October 14, 1874 in Buffalo. Son of John and Elizabeth (Lord) O’Brian.
O’Brian, John Lord was born on October 14, 1874 in Buffalo. Son of John and Elizabeth (Lord) O’Brian.
Bachelor of Arts, Harvard, 1896. Doctor of Laws, 1946. Bachelor of Laws, University Buffalo, 1898.
Doctor of Laws, Hobart College, 1916, Syracuse University, 1938, Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute, 1943, Brown University, 1945, Yale, 1948.
Admitted to New York bar and in practice at Buffalo, 1898-1845. Member firm Covington and Burling, Washington. Member of New York Assembly, 1907-1909.
United States Attorney Western District New York, 1909-1914.
Delegate-at-large, New York Constitutional Convention, 1915. Chairman draft board appeals, Western New York, 1917.
Head War Emergency Division, Department of Justice, 1917-1919. Buffalo Trustee Albright Art Gallery, 1921-1930.
Community fund, 1923-1942.
Family Service Society, 1925-1942. Vice chairman New York State Reorganization Commission, 1925-1926. Assistant to attorney general of the United States, 1929-1933.
General counsel Office of Production Management, Supply Priorities and Allocation Board, Washington, 1941, and War Production Board until December 1944.
Member National Advisory Board on Mobizn. Policy, 1951-1952. Tucker Foundation lecturer, The Changing Aspects of Freedom, Washington and Lee University, 1952, Godkin Foundation lecturer, Harvard, 1955.
Republican candidate United States Senate New York, 1938. Regent University of State of New York, 1931-1947.
Trustee University of Buffalo, 1903-1929.
Overseer Harvard University, 1939-1945. President Harvard Alumni Association, 1945, national chairman Endowment Harvard Divinity-school 1950-1957.
Fellow American Academy Arts and Sciences. Member American Law Institute, various bar associations, Washington National Monument Society, Washington Literature Society, Order Coif, Delta Upsilon, Phi Delta Phi, Phi Beta Kappa (honorary). Clubs: Century, Harvard (New York City).
Married Alma East. White, September 17, 1902 (deceased). Children: Alma (Mistress Kellog Mann), Janet (Mistress Winfield L. Butsch), Frances (Mistress Ames B. Hattrick) (deceased), Alison (Mistress South. Davis Boylston), Esther (Mistress Thurston T. Robinson).