1. John Doar led the government's response to events such as the admission and protection of James Meredith, the first black student admitted to the University of Mississippi, as well as the evolving response to the civil rights movement promoting integration and voter registration in the South.
In 1940, John Doar graduated from St Paul Academy and Summit School in Saint Paul, Minnesota.
John Doar served in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II and was a pilot.
From 1950 to 1960, John Doar then worked in his family's law firm in New Richmond, Wisconsin.
John Doar prosecuted Collie Leroy Wilkins for federal civil rights violations in the murder of Viola Liuzzo, gaining conviction by an all-white jury in Alabama.
John Doar prosecuted the federal case for civil rights violations against the people who were accused of murdering Andrew Goodman, James Chaney and Michael Schwerner, young civil rights workers in Mississippi.
John Doar acted as the federal chief counsel during the Theron Lynd litigation, a circuit clerk and voter registrar in Forrest County, Mississippi accused of discrimination.
John Doar had earlier contributed to drafting the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which Lyndon Johnson signed to try to secure constitutional rights for all citizens.
In March 1965, John Doar was the first to arrive in Montgomery, Alabama, during the third of the Selma to Montgomery marches.
John Doar went into private practice and worked for Bedford Stuyvesant Development Corporation.
John Doar was hired in December 1973 to be the lead special counsel for the House Judiciary Committee's impeachment inquiry staff during the impeachment process against Richard Nixon.
John Doar supervised a team which in due course grew to 100 persons, including lawyers, investigators, clerks and stenographers.
John Doar died in New York City from congestive heart failure, aged 92.
John Doar was survived by his children: Gael, Michael, Robert and Burke.