Kennedy Jr. Donahue was a founding board member of the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation, serving as its vice president for 29 years. He also was the first to chair the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award Committee, and had helped launch the annual award. In , Mr. Donahue was appointed president of Nike, on whose board he served for many years until retiring as vice chairman in A third-generation lawyer, Mr.
As a lawyer, as a bar leader, he was always ahead of his time. In , a hearing officer for the state Board of Bar Overseers recommended that Mr. Donahue and two other lawyers be disbarred for their participation in an effort to discredit a Superior Court judge and portray her as biased during an extended legal battle over the Demoulas family supermarket fortune.
The following year, Mr. He was as gracious to the Kennedy Library and Foundation staffs as he was to heads of state and other VIPs, always with an irreverent sense of humor and zealous passion for life.
Not one of the May 29th Library dinners celebrating President Kennedy's birthday really began until Dick and Nancy arrived accompanied by a family entourage including many of their 11 children, spouses and a select few grandchildren. They were fun. I will miss him until the day I die," said Daly. Donahue and his wife Elizabeth of Lowell, Nancy C. Donahue of Lowell, Stephen J. Donahue of Lowell and Alicia A. Donahue and her husband Robert L.
Sheketoff of Lancaster, MA and 16 beloved grandchildren. He was predeceased by his brothers Daniel J. He is also survived by a host of longtime friends especially his best friend Charles U.
Kennedy, former President of Nike, Inc. Friends may call for visitation at ST. Monday September 21st and Tuesday September 22nd. Committal Services will follow at St. Mary Cemetery in North Tewksbury. Add New. I just heard about your Dad's passing. Sorry I was unable to attend his services, but I've been traveling on business. Quite an accomplished man your Dad was, but from those of you who I know and that's most of you , his biggest accomplishment was the family and kids he and your mother raised.
My condolences to all of you, but especially to my pal, Mike, and my old friend and classmate, Tara. Raney jr. I'm sorry I couldn't be there, may care and love of those around you provide comfort and peace to get you through the days ahead. My most sincere condolences. I recall Mr. Donahue with great fondness. When I was a new and inexperienced reporter for the Lowell Sun in the mid 70s he always had time for me, returning phone calls and explaining points of law. Donahue of Lowell, MA.
Donahue was an attorney and an aide to President John F. Courtesy of the Donahue Family. Donahue of Lowell, a close aide to President John F. He was They were married in Donahue worked at the family law firm as a trial attorney and became known for his proficient cross examinations.
Donahue met John F. Kennedy in in Lowell, when Kennedy was running for the U. Senate and president. Despite those years in the White House, it was a different post that he said left the biggest impression on his 11 children.
In , he was made president and chief operating officer of Nike, following 12 years as a director in charge of international sectors. Through the American Bar Association, Donahue met an Oregon lawyer who worked for the athletic apparel company. But Donahue was also involved in the infamous Demoulas family legal battles over the Market Basket chain, leaving a blemish on his legal accomplishments.
In , Donahue was prohibited from practicing law for three years for his role in a complicated scheme to discredit the Superior Court judge residing over the long-running Demoulas case, in which two sides of the family were battling over control of the chain.
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