Background
Thomas Gardiner Corcoran was born on December 29, 1900 in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, United States. He was a son of Thomas Patrick and Mary Josephine (O’Keefe) Corcoran.
Thomas Gardiner Corcoran was born on December 29, 1900 in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, United States. He was a son of Thomas Patrick and Mary Josephine (O’Keefe) Corcoran.
In 1922 he received a Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts degrees from Brown University. In 1925 he obtained a Bachelor of Laws from Harvard University and a doctorate degree in 1926.
Secretary to Oliver Wendell Holmes, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, 1926-1927. Associate Cotton & Franklin, lawyers, New York City, 1927-1932. Counsel R.F.C., Washington, 1932, 34-41.
Assistant to secretary of Treasury, 1933.
Special assistant to attorney general of the United States, 1932-1935. Assisted congressional committees in drafting Securities Acting of 1933, Federal Housing Acting, 1933, Securities Exchange Acting of 1934, Public Utility Holding Company Acting of 1935, Fair Labor Standards Acting of 1938.
Now in private practice with Corcoran, Youngman and Rowe, Washington. Trustee Brown University, 1964-1969.
Thomas Gardiner Corcoran was married to Margaret J. Dowd.