Lucy Durr Hackney

Background

Hackney, Lucy Durr was born on January 13, 1937 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Daughter of Clifford Judkins and Virginia I. (Foster) Durr.

Education

Student, Radcliffe U., 1955-1957; Bachelor, Princeton University, 1975; Juris Doctor, Tulane University, 1979.

Career

Attorney, Advisers for the Developmentally Disabled, New Orleans, 1979-1981; attorney, Juvenile Law Center, Philadelphia, 1983-1990; founder, president, Pennsylvania Partnership for Children, since 1990. Board of directors National Association for the Advancement of Colored People legal defense fund, New York City. Chairman Pennsylvania Developmental Disabilities Planning Council, Harrisburg, 1984-1988.

Achievements

• Lucy Durr Hackney has been listed as a reputable Lawyer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Active United States Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Superior vena cava syndrome, Washington, 1979-1981. Board directors Philadelphia Child Guidance Center, 1987-1989, Children's Defense Fund, Washington, since 1986, Citizens Committee for Public Education in Philadelphia, 1984-1988. Governor's Commission Children, since 1991.

Member American Bar Association, Philadelphia Bar Association, Pennsylvania Bar Association, American Law Institute.

Interests

• Avocations: tennis, gardening.

Connections

Married Francis SheldonHackney, June 15, 1957. Children: Virginia Foster, Sheldon Fain, Elizabeth Morris Hackney McBride.

Father:

Clifford Judkins Durr

Mother:

Virginia I. (Foster) Durr

Spouse:

Francis SheldonHackney

child:

Virginia Foster Hackney

child:

Elizabeth Morris Hackney McBride Hackney

child:

Sheldon Fain Hackney