Joseph Bryan Mc Devitt

Background

Devitt, Joseph Bryan Mc was born on December 22, 1918 in McGehee, Arkansas, United States. Son of John and Mary Ann (Zimmer) McDevitt.

Education

Student, Southern Illinois U., 1936-1938; Bachelor of Arts, University Illinois, 1940; Juris Doctor, University of Illinois, 1942.

Career

Commissioned ensign, United States Navy, 1943; advanced through grades to rear admiral, United States Navy, 1968; boat group commander United States Ship Leon, 1944-1946; with legal office 8th Naval District, New Orleans, 1950; legal officer to commander Amphibious Force, Atlantic Fleet, 1952; member military justice division Office Judge Advisory General, 1954; naval liaison officer to the United States Senate, 1956; staff legal officer Marine Corps. Schools, Quantico, Virginia, 1958; student Naval War College, 1958-1959; assigned Joint Chiefs Staff, 1959-1961; director international law division Office Judge Advisory General, 1962-1965; legal affairs officer to commander in chief Pacific, 1965-1968; judge advisory general of navy, 1968-1972; retired, 1972. Chief Executive officer People to People Programs Inc., Washington, 1972-1973.

Vice president executive affairs, university counsel, secretary board of trustees Clemson U., South Carolina., 1973-1985, retired, 1985.

Achievements

• Joseph Bryan Mc Devitt has been listed as a noteworthy university administrator, naval officer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American, Illinois, Federal, Inter-American bar associations, Judge Advisers Association, American Society International Law.

Connections

Married Kathleen Rita Vaughan, 1943 (deceased 1961), Married Catherine Irene Beatty, January 30, 1965 (deceased 1980). Married Ernestine Moody Minshew, October 9, 1982. Children: Jeffrey Bryan, Paul Killian, Rodney Peter, Rita Elizabeth, John Stephen, David Andrew, Joseph Bryan, Richard Vincent, Eugena Rose, Edward Francis, Gerald Christopher, Lisa Ernestine.

Father:

John McDevitt

Mother:

Mary Ann (Zimmer) McDevitt

Spouse:

Kathleen Rita Vaughan

Spouse:

Ernestine Moody Minshew

child:

Eugena Rose Devitt

child:

Lisa Ernestine Devitt

child:

Edward Francis Devitt

child:

Richard Vincent Devitt

child:

Rodney Peter Devitt

child:

Gerald Christopher Devitt

child:

Rita Elizabeth Devitt

child:

John Stephen Devitt

child:

David Andrew Devitt

child:

Joseph Bryan Devitt

child:

Paul Killian Devitt

child:

Jeffrey Bryan Devitt