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David Allan Rose (1906 – April 29, 1995) was an American lawyer and judge who served as a Massachusetts state court judge for more than 40 years and active in many community and civil rights organizations. He was a judge of the Massachusetts Superior Court (1960–1972), and then an associate justice of the Massachusetts Appeals Court (1972–1976); after reaching the mandatory retirement age of 70, he continued to serve as a recalled retired justice (1978–1985). He was the longtime chairman of the national executive committee of Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith.

Early life and education

Rose was born in 1906 in Boston.[1] His father was Morris Rose.[2][3] He graduated from Boston University,[1][4] with a business degree,[1] and then graduated from Boston University Law School.[4][1]

Career

Legal, legislative, and judicial career

In 1935, Rose was elected to the state legislature.[1] Rose was named to the Municipal Court in Dorchester, Boston in 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 of Walden Pond.[4] Upon the creation of the Massachusetts Appeals Court in 1972, Governor Frank Sargent appointed 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 was of counsel to Barron and Stadfeld, a law firm in Boston, from 1976 to 1978.[1]

Civil rights advocacy and civil affairs

Rose was active in many community and civil rights organizations and held numerous positions with the New England Region of the Anti-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 the Jewish Community Relations Council of 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 investigate anti-Catholic and anti-Jewish activities of the Anglo-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 before House 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 the Law Society of Massachusetts.[1][10][11] Rose also served as national chair of the Boston University Alumni Association.[1]

Death

Rose died on April 29, 1995, at Imperial Point Hospital in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, at age 89.[4]

Personal life

Rose lived in Wellesley, Massachusetts, and Fort Lauderdale, Florida.[4]

In February 1939, Rose married Ruth June Goodman, daughter of Michael L. Goodman, then publisher of The Scranton Times-Tribune (known then as the Tribune-Scrantonian).[3][2][12] They were the parents of three children.[4][1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s "Associate Justice David A. Rose". Mass.gov. Retrieved 2021-01-01.
  2. ^ a b "The Times-Tribune from Scranton, Pennsylvania". February 13, 1939. p. 12. Retrieved 2021-01-01 – via Newspapers.com. 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.
  3. ^ a b The 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...
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Sullivan, Ronald (May 5, 1995). "David A. Rose, 89; Massachusetts Judge Headed Rights Panel". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ "Discrimination Against Jews at Resorts Scoped at A. D. L. Convention". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. 1955-04-29. Retrieved 2021-01-01.
  7. ^ Adler, Cyrus; Szold, Henrietta (1949). American Jewish Year Book. American Jewish Committee. p. 605.
  8. ^ Report... National Conference on Intergroup Relations. 1946.
  9. ^ 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.
  10. ^ 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.
  11. ^ "The Heights, Volume XXX, Number 24 — 1 April 1949 — Boston College Newspapers. Senator O'Mahoney Feature Speaker at Law School Night". newspapers.bc.edu. Retrieved 2021-01-18.
  12. ^ "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. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-01-03.
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