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Oral History of John M. Dowd, Esq.
Index
Almond, Hale, 47
Amos, James, 105
Antonucci, Vincent, 64-65
Arizona Republic (newspaper), 79
Baker, Bobby, 12
Baker, Felton, 75-76
Baumgardner, Douglas, 44
Bayer, George, 10
Bell, Griffin, 13, 36-41
Bell, Van, 18
Bennett, Bob, 71-72, 74
Bentson, Lloyd, 90-91
Bertolini, Michael, 58-59
bid rigging, 51-52
Boros, Julius, 10-11
Boston Scientific, 94
Bowe, Michael, 106
Bucci, Andrew, 32
Buchanan, Tom, 59, 111
Burke, Robert, 111
Bush, George H. W., 69
Butler, Paul, 112
Cacheris, Plato, 71
Calabrese, Sam Ray, 54
Campbell, Robert J., 29-30
Cannon, Howard, 95-98
Chromalloy American (case), 53
Civiletti, Ben, 40
Clarie, Emmet, 32-33
Clinton, Bill, 81-82, 84, 88-89
Cobb, Ty, 107
Coffey, Paul, 32-33
Cohn, Roy, 30, 62
Coopers & Lybrand, 80, 85, 88
Costello, Frank, 12
Couch (case), 26-27
Cox, Frank, 13, 15
Creeley, Catherine, 112
Daly, Joe, 55
DeConcini, Dennis, 71, 73, 79
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Delaney, Jack, 5
Deyst, John (brother-in-law), 8
Doctors Without Borders, 77
Dollens, Ron, 91-93
Dowd, Anne (Annie) (daughter), 18, 33
Dowd, Carole Folts (wife), 13-14, 16-17, 25, 60, 84-85, 110, 111
Dowd, Dan (son), 18
Dowd, Denny (brother), 14, 16
Dowd, Denny (uncle), 3
Dowd, Joe (brother), 1, 6, 9-10
Dowd, Joe (uncle), 3
Dowd, John – Personal
Blue Hill Country Club. caddy, 6, 9
Canton (Massachusetts), 3, 6-7, 9
Cape Cod, Chatham (Massachusetts), 1
childhood emphasis on hard work and jobs, 6
Clarence Darrow. influence, 12
Emory University School of Law, 13-14
Holden, Massachusetts, 7
Ireland, 1, 92
Marine Corps, 16, 19
Camp LeJeune, 17-18
enlistment, 15
McLean (Virginia) high school, 11
Naval Justice School, 17
Saint Bernard College, 12-13
Sankaty Head Golf Course Nantucket, 10
Dowd, John – Professional
Akin Gump, 53-54, 62-63, 69, 90, 104-06
Congressional and Special Interests for the Commanding General of the 2d Marine
Division, 11, 18, 21
Department of Justice (DOJ)
Antitrust Division, 51
General Litigation Section of the Tax Division, 15, 24-25
Organized Crime and Racketeering Section in Criminal Division, 30-31, 50
Duke University School of Medicine, 20
Heron Burchette (law firm), 54, 111
Kidwell (case), 43
Kidwell, Diane, 43-45
Marine Corps Heritage Foundation, 110
pro bono cases for the military, 101
race issues in the Marine Corps, 19
Ransom and Whitman (law firm), 42
Richmond, Virginia Small Business Administration corruption cases, 31
Sanyo Electric Corporation, 42
Strike Force 18, 28, 31, 44
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Chief, 30
Superior Civilian Service Award, 110
Whitman & Ransom (law firm), 42
Dowd, Joseph (paternal grandfather), 2
Dowd, Maryann (sister), 6-8
Dowd, Mike (son), 11, 18
Dowd, Mike (brother), 6-7, 10
Dowd, Nora (sister), 16
Dowd, Pat (sister), 16
Dowd, Paul L, Junior See Dowd, Mike (brother)
Dowd, Paul L. Senior (father), 3
Lansburgh’s DepartmentStore, 11
Filene’s, 7
Gertz Department Store President, 15
Dowd, Ryan (grandson), 11
Dowd, Sarah (daughter), 18
Dowd, Tom (brother), 14-17
Dowd, Tom (son), 11, 18
Dutton, Bob, 69-70
Dyer, Joe, 18
Dykstra, Lenny, 68
Earle, Ronnie, 74-75
Eastland, Jim, 38-39
Eaton, Joe, 29-30
Edenfield, Melvis, 51
Edenfield, B. Avant, 47
Edenfields, 51
Elko, Steve, 39, 44
Esposito, Joe, 64
Evans, George, 64
F.A.G. Bearings (Fischer A.G. in West Germany), 45
Fant, Ruff, 21
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), 75-77
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), 32, 34-36, 38, 40, 55, 58, 78, 96-100, 101, 106
Federal Election Commission (FEC), 89
Feld, Alan, 53
Firth, Steve, 26
Fischback and Moore (case), 51
Flood, Dan, 37
Food and Drug Administration (FDA), 92-94
Ford, Gerald, 36
Foreman, Percy, 77-78
Frick Foundation, 81
Frohlich, Dawn, 112
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Frowein, Michael, 45-46
Gambino family, 30
Garagiola, Joe, 63
Giamatti, Bart, 54-55
Giuliani, Rudy, 35, 40, 50
Goberman, Allan, 31
Goldstein, Elliot, 39
Guidant Corporation, 92-93
defibrillators, 92
Hackett (case), 103-05
Hackett, Paul, 104
Hall, Fawn, 69
Hallinan, Kevin, 55, 59, 63
Hauer, Homer, 35
Hebert, Jay, 10
Heflin, Howell, 74
Hjelm, Lars-Erik, 112
Holder, Eric, 99
Hotz, Rob, 112
Housand, John 32
Housand (case), 31-32
Houston Helicopter, 75
Hutchison, Kay Bailey, 74-75
Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC), 96
Iran-Contra, 68
Janszen, Paul, 56, 58
Jones, Rebekah, 112
Katz, Reuven, 56, 61
Kavanaugh, Dan, 52
Keating Five, 70
Keating, Charles, 72-73
Kelley, Clarence, 35-37
Kelly, John, 102-03
Kidwell, Diane, 43-45
Kidwell (case), 43-45
King & Spalding, 92
King, Jeff, 84, 89, 93,112
Klebanoff, Ben, 112
Knight, Bobby, 66
Knight, Ed, 90
Koch, Chris, 72
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Kraft, Heidi, 103
Kramer, Michael, 112
Lansky (case), 28-30
Lansky, Meyer, 28-29
LaPolla, Danny, 31-32
Larson, Roy, 10
Laxalt, Paul, 96
Levi, Edward, 35-36
Lipps, Andy, 112
Lott, Trent, 90
Lotterhos, Fred, 64, 66
Lofgren, Zoe, 98, 101
Lynam, Terry, 55, 59, 71, 79, 84, 87, 111-12
Lynch, Bill, 31
Lynch, George, 26
Maguire, Dennis (uncle), 3
Maguire, Francis (uncle), 3
Maguire, Jim (uncle), 3
Maguire, Joe (uncle), 3
Maguire, John (maternal grandfather), 2
Marcum, Danita, 56
Margolis, David, 50
Marrapese, Billy, 34
Mayorkas, Alejandro, 82, 85
McCain, Cindy, 71, 73, 77
McCain, John, 71-74, 89, 90, 95, 98
McCain, Roberta, 72
McCarthy, Jack, 26
McCarthy, Joe, 12
McDaniel, Claudia, 112
McGuire, Jr., Harold F. “Skip”, 30
Mejia, Lou, 71, 81
Merhige, Jr., Robert, 31
Mitchell, George, 71
Mossler, Candy, 77-78
Mueller, Robert, 105-08
Murphy, Patrick, 110, 112
NAACP, 20-21
New England Strike Force, 32
New York Post, 12
New York Times, 56, 62, 71, 99
North, Oliver, 69
Nunn, Sam, 51
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Odle, Lisa, 75
Organized Crime Act See Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act
Osborne, Joe, 55, 59, 66, 95, 112, 112
Overton, Amy, 84, 91, 112
Parness (case), 30-31
Passman, Otto, 44
Pearl Harbor, 5-6
Perez, Carolyn, 112
Peterson, Elizabeth, 112
Peterson, Henry, 30
Phillips, Bill, 98
Powers, Melvin, 77
Quarles, James, 108
Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO), 30-31, 50
Ragghianti, Marie, 40
Ritter, Willis, 27
Rodino, Peter, 38-39
Rose, Pete, 54-55, 57, 62-63, 69
Rose Report, 61
Rosen, David, 29-30
Salinas, Lee, 65
Saltonstall, Patricia, 43
Small Business Administration (SBA), 31, 54
Secord, Richard, 69-70
Sekulow, Jay, 106
Shaheen, Mike, 35
Sharpe, Jim, 69
Shenker (case), 28
Shenker, Morris, 28
Sherry, Jim, 112
Skinner, Sam, 97
Smith, Diane, 64, 84, 112
Smith, Jack, 100, 102
South, Hamilton D., 4
Southwestern Savings and Loan, 79
Spellman, Rance, 43-45
Spencer, Richard (Dick), 110-11
Sports Illustrated (magazine), 56
Steinbrenner, George, 58, 62, 68
Stevens, Theodore, 97-100
Sullivan, Brendan, 69-70, 98-100
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Supreme Court of Alabama, 74
Supreme Court of Ohio, 61
Supreme Court of the United States, 13, 26-27
Symington, Fife, 73-74, 79, 81-84
Tanenbaum, Larry, 95, 104, 112
Tate, Joe, 35
Teamsters, 12, 96
Teresa, Vinnie, 28
Thornburgh, Dick, 37
Tobin, David (Dave), 14, 75, 98, 106,113
Tobin, Molly Maguire (maternal grandmother), 2
Tony the Tuna, 95-96
trucking deregulation, 95-96
Trump case, 106-07
Tuohey, Mark, 39
Turner, Leslie, 79-80, 112
Tyler, Harold, 35-36, 40, 50
Ugast, Fred, 26
United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, 48, 50
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 84-85
United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, 31-32, 34
United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, 28, 52
United States Customs and Border Protection, 42-43, 45-47
United States v. Chromalloy American Corporation, 53
United States v. F.A.G. Bearings, Ltd., 45
United States v. Fischbach and Moore, Inc., 51
United States v. Housand, 31-32
United States v. Kidwell, 43-45
United States v. Lansky, 28-30
United States v. Metropolitan Enterprises, Inc. and Daniel P. Kavanaugh, 52-53
United States v. Parness, 30-31
United States v. Regan, 31
Venta Prism 3 device, 94
Vietnam, 15, 17-19, 21, 53, 104, 110, 112
Vincent, Fay, 54, 57, 60, 62, 66
Vuckovich, Jonathan, 112
Washington Post (newspaper), 43, 72, 85, 89, 103-06
Webster, William, 37
White, Kristen, 59
Williams, Edward Bennett, 12
Williams, Ted, 63-65
Medal of Freedom, 66
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Wilson Sonsini (law firm), 92
Winfield, Dave, 62
World War II, 4, 46
Young, Don, 97-98