Background
Kean, John Vaughan was born on March 12, 1917 in Providence. Son of Otho Vaughan and Mary (Duell) Kean.
Kean, John Vaughan was born on March 12, 1917 in Providence. Son of Otho Vaughan and Mary (Duell) Kean.
AB cum laude, Harvard University, 1938. Juris Doctor, Harvard University, 1941. Graduate, United States Army War College, 1970.
Worked at Edwards & Angell (Providence, Rhode Island) specializing in General Practice. Admitted to the bar, 1942, Rhode Island. 1946, United States. District Court, District of Rhode Island.
1950, United States.
Court of Appeals, First Circuit. 1955, United States. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit. 1963, United States. Claims Court.
1982, United States.
Supreme Court. Member: Rhode Island and American Bar Associations. Edwards & Angell is a full-service law firm with over 180 attorneys.
Since our founding in 1894, the Firm has steadily evolved into a major regional law firm with offices in Providence and Newport, Rhode Island. New York City; Boston, Massachusetts.
Hartford, Connecticut.
Short Hills, New Jersey. And Palm Beach, Florida.
Board directors Greater Providence Young Men’s Christian Association, 1964—1976. Chairman Downtown Providence Young Men’s Christian Association, 1964—1967, Providence Committee on Foreign Relations, 1994—2000. Member of American Bar Association, Rhode Island Bar Association, Reserve Officers Association, National Guard Association, Society Cincinnati (honorary.
Rhode Island), Association United States Army, Urban League Rhode Island, Nature Conservancy (honorary), Alexis de Tocqueville Society Rhode Island, Society Colonial Wars in Rhode Island, Providence Art Club, Harvard Club Rhode Island (president 1964-1966), Sakonnet Golf Club (Little Compton, Rhode Island), Army and Navy Club (Washington), Hope Club (board governors 1996—2000, vice president), Agawam Hunt.