David A. Rose
David Allan Rose | |
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![]() David A. Rose in 1935 | |
Massachusetts Appeals Court | |
Retired | |
In office 1972–1976 | |
Massachusetts Superior Court | |
In office 1960–1972 | |
Personal details | |
Born | 1906 Boston,Massachusetts, U.S. |
Died | April 29 1995 Fort Lauderdale, Florida,U.S. | (aged 88–89)
Spouse |
Ruth June Goodman (m.1939) |
Children | 3 |
Education | Boston University Boston University Law School |
David Allan Rose(1906 – April 29, 1995) was an American lawyer and judge who served as aMassachusettsstate court judge for more than 40 years and active in many community andcivil rightsorganizations. He was a judge of theMassachusetts Superior Court(1960–1972), and then an associate justice of theMassachusetts Appeals Court(1972–1976); after reaching themandatory retirement ageof 70, he continued to serve as arecalled retired justice(1978–1985). He was the longtime chairman of the national executive committee ofAnti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith.
Early life and education
[edit]Rose was born in 1906 inBoston.[1]His father was Morris Rose.[2][3]He graduated fromBoston University,[1][4]with a business degree,[1]and then graduated fromBoston University Law School.[4][1]
Career
[edit]Legal, legislative, and judicial career
[edit]In 1935, Rose was elected to thestate legislature.[1]Rose was named to the Municipal Court inDorchester, Bostonin 1936,[5][4]as a part-time "special justice" (a role that allowed him to continue practicing law).[1]He practiced with Jackson J. Holtz.[1]
He was appointed to the Superior Court in 1960.[4]In 1961, while on the Superior Court bench, Rose issued a ruling that led to the preservation ofWalden Pond.[4]Upon the creation of the Massachusetts Appeals Court in 1972, GovernorFrank Sargentappointed Rose to the court, one of the first six justices.[1]Having already served for 36 years on the Municipal Court and Superior Court, Rose became the Appeals Court's first senior associate justice.[1]In March 1976, Rose reached the mandatory retirement age of 70 years,[1]but continued to serve part-time on the bench for years[4]after the state enacted the Court Reform Act of 1978, which allowed retired Appeals Court judges to be recalled.[1]Rose was the first person to be a recalled retired justice in the state, and served in that role from 1978 to 1985.[1]Rose wasof counselto Barron and Stadfeld, a law firm in Boston, from 1976 to 1978.[1]
Civil rights advocacy and civil affairs
[edit]Rose was active in many community and civil rights organizations and held numerous positions with the New England Region of theAnti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith(ADL).[1][6]Rose was also a longtime chairman of the group's national executive committee.[4]Rose was also involved in the creation of theJewish Community Relations Councilof Boston,[1]its president in the 1940s,[7]and involved in the creation of the Jewish Big Brother Association.[1]
In 1946, Rose recommended to Boston Attorney General to investigateanti-Catholicand anti-Jewish activities of theAnglo-Saxon Federation of America.[8]On behalf of the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith, Rose testified before Congress in 1954 in support of a revision to the flawed "loyalty"proceedings that had been brought in preceding years, many of which lacked a basis.[4]Rose also testified beforeHouse Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on Civil Rights in July 1955 in support of federal civil rights laws.[9]In the 1940s, Rose served as president of theLaw Society of Massachusetts.[1][10][11]Rose also served as national chair of the Boston UniversityAlumni Association.[1]
Death
[edit]Rose died on April 29, 1995, at Imperial Point Hospital inFort Lauderdale, Florida,at age 89.[4]
Personal life
[edit]Rose lived inWellesley, Massachusetts,andFort Lauderdale, Florida.[4]
In February 1939, Rose married Ruth June Goodman, daughter of Michael L. Goodman, then publisher ofThe Scranton Times-Tribune(known then as theTribune-Scrantonian).[3][2][12]They were the parents of three children.[4][1]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^abcdefghijklmnopqrs"Associate Justice David A. Rose".Mass.gov.Retrieved2021-01-01.
- ^ab"The Times-Tribune from Scranton, Pennsylvania".February 13, 1939. p. 12.Retrieved2021-01-01– via Newspapers.
The marriage of Miss Ruth June - Goodman, daughter of Mr. and Mis. Michael L. Goodman, Clay avenue, to Judge David Allan Rose, son of Mr. and Mrs. Morris Rose, Boston, Mass., was solemnized last evening at 5 o'clock.
- ^abThe American Hebrew.American Hebrew. 1939. p. 17.February 24, 1939... Miss Ruth June Goodman daughter of M.L. Goodman, publisher of the Tribune-Scrantonian Publishing of Scranton, PA... to Judge David Allan Rose, son of Mr. and Mrs. Morris Rose...
- ^abcdefghijkSullivan, Ronald (May 5, 1995)."David A. Rose, 89; Massachusetts Judge Headed Rights Panel".The New York Times.ISSN0362-4331.
- ^Landman, Isaac; Cohen, Simon (1942).The Universal Jewish Encyclopedia...: An Authoritative and Popular Presentation of Jews and Judaism Since the Earliest Times.Universal Jewish Encyclopedia, Incorporated. p. 405.
- ^"Discrimination Against Jews at Resorts Scoped at A. D. L. Convention".Jewish Telegraphic Agency. 1955-04-29.Retrieved2021-01-01.
- ^Adler, Cyrus; Szold, Henrietta (1949).American Jewish Year Book.American Jewish Committee. p. 605.
- ^Report...National Conference on Intergroup Relations. 1946.
- ^United States House Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Civil Rights (1955).Hearings on H.R. 389 [and Others] Miscellaneous Bills Regarding the Civil Rights of Persons Within the Jurisdiction of the United States.U.S. Government Printing Office. pp. 235–8.
- ^The Law Society Journal.Law Society of Massachusetts. 1946. p. 115.
Judge David Allan Rose, for his second successive term, is President of The Law Society of Massachusetts
. - ^"The Heights, Volume XXX, Number 24 — 1 April 1949 — Boston College Newspapers.Senator O'Mahoney Feature Speaker at Law School Night".newspapers.bc.edu.Retrieved2021-01-18.
- ^"MISS RUTH GOODMAN MARRIED TO JURIST; Scranton Publisher's Daughter Bride of Judge David A. Rose (Published 1939)".The New York Times.1939-02-13.ISSN0362-4331.Retrieved2021-01-03.
- 1906 births
- 1995 deaths
- Anti-Defamation League members
- Boston University School of Law alumni
- Boston University School of Management alumni
- Judges of the Massachusetts Appeals Court
- Lawyers from Boston
- Massachusetts Superior Court justices
- Members of the Massachusetts General Court
- American lawyers
- 20th-century American Jews
- 20th-century American judges
- 20th-century American lawyers