Background
Sears, John Winthrop was born on December 18, 1930 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Richard Dudley and Frederica Fulton (Leser) Sears.
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John Winthrop Sears, Legislative
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lawyer award Massachusetts Member Massachusetts Bar Association, New England History and Genealogical Society (board directors, councillor 1977-1982), Massachusetts History Society, Handel and Haydn Society (governor 1982-1987), Signet Society, Boston Atheneum, Tennis and Racquet.
Education
Bachelor of Arts magna cumlaude, Harvard University, 1952, Juris Doctor, 1959. Master of Letters, University of Oxford, 1957.
Career
Bar: Massachusetts 1959, United States District Court Massachusetts 1982. Republican Brown Brothers Harriman, New York City,1959-1963, Boston, 1963-1966. Member Massachusetts House Representatives 1965-1968.
Sheriff Suffolk County, Massachusetts, 1968-1969.
Chairman Boston Finance Commission, 1969-1970, Metropolitan District Commission, 1970-1975. Councillor-at-large Boston City Council, 1980-1982;trustee Sears Office, Boston, 1975.
Appointed board directors Fulbright Scholarship, 1991-1993.
Achievements
Membership
Member Massachusetts Bar Association, New England History and Genealogical Society (board directors, councillor 1977-1982), Massachusetts History Society, Handel and Haydn Society (governor 1982-1987), Signet Society, Boston Atheneum, Tennis and Racquet.
Connections
Married Catherine Coolidge, 1965 (divorced 1970).
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Political Party
Republican