Howard Corcoran

Born:  January 25, 1906
Pawtucket, Rhode Island

Died: May 11, 1989
Washington, D.C.

Howard F. Corcoran

Judge, U. S. District Court for the District of Columbia Nominated by Lyndon B. Johnson on March 1, 1965; Confirmed by the Senate on March 11, 1965, and received commission on March 11, 1965. Assumed senior status on 11/30/1977. Service terminated on 5/11/1989, due to death.

Princeton University, A.B., 1928
Harvard Law School, LL.B., 1931

Artist
Richard C. Henderson was commissioned in 1978 by Judge George Luzerne Hart, Jr. of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to paint portraits of both sitting and former judges of the District Court. Mr. Henderson painted portraits of deceased judges by studying black and white photographs and talking with friends and family of the judges. Within a five-year period, he produced 23 portraits. At the conclusion of his commission, Mr. Henderson continued to paint portraits and landscapess. He taught at the Ringling College of Art and Design in Sarasota, Florida, as well as at several private art schools.

Mr. Henderson is a graduate of the University of Virginia, where he majored in Art and English. He holds a Master’s degree from Vermont College of Norwich University, which is today the Vermont College of Fine Arts. He studied at the National Academy of Design in New York, working with Daniel Green, a recognized pastelist. Mr. Henderson also studied under Harvey Dinnerstein, one of several artists trained at the Tyler School of Arts at Temple University. Mr. Henderson studied at the Art Students League of New York with Robert Brackman, a Russian artist who become nationally famous after painting the portraits of Charles and Ann Lindbergh, among others.

Professional Career:

Department of Agriculture, 1933-1934
Tennessee Valley Authority, 1934-1935
Legal associate, Securities and Exchange Commission, 1935-1938
Assistant U.S. attorney, Southern District of New York, 1938-1943
U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1943
U.S. Army, 1943-1945
Private practice, New York City, 1946-1954
Private practice, Washington, D.C., 1954-1965