Background
Meagher, Robert Francis was born on May 13, 1927 in Brooklyn. Son of Frances Xavier and Marie Janet (Tallent) Meagher.
international economic law consultant
Meagher, Robert Francis was born on May 13, 1927 in Brooklyn. Son of Frances Xavier and Marie Janet (Tallent) Meagher.
Bachelor Social Science, City College of New York, 1949. Juris Doctor, Yale University, 1952.
Associate Winthrop Stimson Putnam & Roberts, New York City, 1954-1958. Lawyer United Nations Relief & Works Agency, Beirut, 1958-1960. Visiting and adjunct professor, associate director international legal research Columbia University Law School, New York City, 1961-1973.
International economic law consultant Somerville, Massachusetts, from 1964. Chief Executive Officer Robert F. Meagher Associates, from 1993. Adjunct professor law Columbia Law School, New York City, 1964-1971.
Professor international law Fletcher School Law and Diplomacy Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts, 1967-1992, professor emeritus, since 1992. Professor Tufts Institute for Learning in Retirement, 2002. Legal advisor India Interest Group, since 1993.
Visiting senior fellow Overseas Development Council, Washington, 1975-1976. Visiting professor Law Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1984, 89, Melbourne (Australia) University, Monash University, Australia, 1981, Indian Law Institute, New Delhi, 1987-1988. Lecturer on foreign policy, foreign aid, foreign investment.
Member study groups Council Foreign Relations. Coordinator Peace Corps training program for lawyers going to Somalia, 1967. Coordinator workshops in field.
Lecturer on various foreign policy issues Asia, Africa, Middle East and United States, since 1952.
Chairman foreign policy committee New York Young Democrats, New York City, 1956-1958. Executive director Citizens for Johnson & Humphrey, New York City, 1964. Foreign policy consultant Michael Dukakis, Boston, 1988, board directors Ontime Travels, PVT., Limited., New Delhi, India, since 2003.
With United States Army, 1945-1946, European Theatre of Operations. Member American Bar Association (African law subcommittee, Middle Eastern law subcommittee), African Studies Association, American Foreign Law Association, American Society International Law (board review and development 1980-1985, panel on private investment in less developed countries), Asia Society (India council, program committee 1967-1969), Association Asian Studies, Association Bar City of New York (foreign law committee 1956-1958, 65-68, international commission jurist committee 1965-1967, lawyers' role in search for peace committee 1976-1978, 80-82), Inter-American Affairs (program committee 1977-1979), Council African-American Institute, Council Foreign Relations, International Law Association (committee foreign investment), Society International Development, Trade Policy Research Center, United Nations Association (board directors greater Boston/Massachusetts since 1978), World Peace Through Law Ctr (committee foreign investments 1967-1974).
Married Donna Marie Dowsett, May 21, 1973 (divorced March 1974).