That Further Shore : : A Memoir of Irish Roots and American Promise /

That Further Shore : : A Memoir of Irish Roots and American Promise / / John D. Feerick.

A rare and evocative memoir of a respected constitutional scholar, dedicated public servant, political reformer, and facilitator of peace in the land of his ancestors.John D. Feerick’s life has all the elements of a modern Horatio Alger story: the poor boy who achieves success by dint of his hard wo...

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Feerick, John D.,
MitwirkendeR:
Shelley, Thomas J.,
Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : Fordham University Press, , [2020]
©2020
Year of Publication:2020
Language:English
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • Part I: My Family and Its Irish History
  • 1. What’s in a Name?
  • 2. Mom’s and Pop’s Origins
  • 3. Mom’s and Pop’s Childhood
  • Part II: A New Home in America
  • 4. An American Odyssey
  • 5. Settling in the Bronx
  • 6. Growing Up in an Irish Immigrant Family
  • 7. Uncle Pat, Our Life- Long Companion
  • 8. Memories of the Nearby House That Ruth Built
  • Part III: My Salad Days
  • 9. St. Angela Merici Grammar School, 1942–1950
  • 10. Bishop Dubois High School, 1950–1954
  • 11. Fordham College, 1954–1958
  • 12. Fordham Law School, 1958–1961
  • 13. Meeting the Love of My Life: Emalie
  • Part IV: Career as a Lawyer
  • 14. Learning in Part- Time Jobs
  • 15. Joining a Small Law Firm—Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
  • 16. Leaving Skadden
  • 17. Becoming a Law School Dean: An Overview
  • 18. Commitments, Challenges, and Special Moments
  • 19. The Many Hats a Dean Wears
  • 20. Fordham Law Goes to Ireland
  • 21. Leaving the Deanship
  • 22. Becoming a Classroom Teacher
  • Part V: The Vocation of Service
  • 23. Serving Others
  • 24. The Voluntary Bar
  • 25. Public Service: From Carey to Koch to Cuomo to Bloomberg to Kaye
  • 26. Boards of Not- for- Profit, Charitable, and Public Institutions
  • 27. The Catholic Church
  • Part VI: Peacemaking and Problem- Solving
  • 28. Learning the Art of Conflict Resolution
  • 29. Conflicts in the Public Eye
  • Part VII: Constitutional Endeavors
  • 30. Presidential Succession
  • 31. The Electoral College System
  • 32. Other Constitutional Opportunities
  • Part VIII: The World of Government Ethics
  • 33. The New York State Commission on Government Integrity
  • 34. New York State Ethics Commission
  • 35. The New York State Public Integrity Commission
  • Part IX: Marriage and Family
  • 36. Our Growing Family
  • 37. Deaths in the Family
  • 38. Roses in December—Rediscovering Mom and Pop
  • 39. My Family: Immediate and Extended
  • Part X: On a Personal Note
  • 40. What I Learned
  • 41. Advice to My Grandchildren
  • Appendixes
  • Appendix A: Non- Feerick Surnames Associated with My Family
  • Appendix B: My Dean’s Reports
  • Appendix C: Remarks on Receiving the ABA Medal
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes
  • Index

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