Background
O’Connor, Basil was born on January 8, 1892 in Taunton, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Daniel B. and Elizabeth A. (O’Gorman) O’C.
O’Connor, Basil was born on January 8, 1892 in Taunton, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Daniel B. and Elizabeth A. (O’Gorman) O’C.
Bachelor of Arts, Dartmouth, 1912, Doctor of Laws, 1946. Bachelor of Laws, Harvard, 1915. Doctor of Laws, Saint John's University, 1941, Blackburn College, 1941, Emory University, 1952, Saint Lawrence College, 1954.
Doctor of Humanities, College of Wooster, 1948, Tuskegee Institute, 1956.
Doctor of Laws, National U. Ireland, 1958, Baylor University College Medicine, 1959, University of Michigan, 1959, Roosevelt University, 1964.
; children—Bettyann (Mistress Sidney Culver) (deceased), Sheelagh (deceased). Married second, Hazel Royall, 1957. With Cravath & Henderson, New York City, 1915-1916.
Admitted to Massachusetts bar, 1915, New York bar, 1916.
With Streeter & Holmes, Boston, Massachusetts, 1916-1919. In practice under own name, 1919-1924.
Formed partnership with Franklin Doctorate. Roosevelt as Roosevelt & O’Connor, 1925, continuing until Roosevelt assumed office of President of the United States in 1933. Now senior partner O’Connor & Farber.
President American National Red Cross, 1944-1949.
Chairman of the Board Governors, League of Red Cross Society, 1946-1950. President National Foundation, Georgia Warm Springs Foundation. Trustee Salk Institute Biological Studies.
Past chairman trustees Tuskegee Institute.
Honorary trustee Social Legislation Information Service. Past president National Health Council.
Member Committee on Character and Fitness, 1st Judicial Department, New York, 1932-1958. Fellow American Association Advancement of Science. Member (life) American bar associations, New York State bar association, New York Company Lawyers’ Association, Association Bar City New York, Harvard Law School Association of New York City, New England Society, National Institute, Social Sciences, American Physical Therapy Association (honorary), New York Academy Sciences, Royal Society Health, Sigma Phi Epsilon.
Clubs: Harvard, Bankers, Dartmouth, Lawyers, Cloud, Sky.
Married Elvira Miller, August 31, 1918 (deceased. Married second, Hazel Royall, 1957. Children: Bettyann (Mistress Sidney Culver) (deceased), Sheelagh (deceased).