Lawrence Walsh's father was a family doctor and his grandfather was a sea captain.
17 Facts About Lawrence Walsh
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Lawrence Walsh grew up in Queens, New York, and became a naturalized citizen at the age of 10.
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Lawrence Walsh received his undergraduate degree from Columbia University in 1932 and a law degree from Columbia Law School in 1935.
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Lawrence Walsh was a Counsel for the Public Service Commission from 1951 to 1953, and the general counsel and Executive Director of the Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor from 1953 to 1954.
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Lawrence Walsh was confirmed by the United States Senate on April 27,1954, and received his commission the next day.
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Lawrence Walsh's service terminated on December 29,1957, due to his resignation, having served only three and one-half years as a judge.
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In 1969, on the recommendation of his former boss, Secretary of State and former Attorney General William P Rogers, Walsh was named as an ambassador in the United States Delegation to the Paris Peace Talks in 1969, but held the position for only a short period of time.
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Lawrence Walsh served as president of the American Bar Association from 1975 until 1976.
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On December 19,1986, Lawrence Walsh was named as the independent counsel in charge of the Iran-Contra investigation.
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Lawrence Walsh's investigation led to the convictions of both former Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs Vice Admiral John Poindexter and former NSC staffer Lieutenant Colonel Oliver North, though both convictions were subsequently reversed.
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Lawrence Walsh brought an indictment on two counts of perjury and one count of obstruction of justice against former Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger in June 1992.
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Lawrence Walsh submitted his final report on August 4,1993, and later wrote an account of his experiences as counsel, Firewall: The Iran-Contra Conspiracy and Cover-Up.
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In 2003, Lawrence Walsh published his autobiography, The Gift of Insecurity: A Lawyer's Life.
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Lawrence Walsh was the model for the hero of Jacob Appel's novel, The Biology of Luck.
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Lawrence Walsh described having a fictional character based upon him as "flattering" during an August 2013 interview.
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In 1965, Lawrence Walsh married Mary Alma Porter; they were married until her death on December 22,2012.
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On March 19,2014, Lawrence Walsh died at the age of 102 in Oklahoma City.