John E. Fenton (1898-1974) was a judge and president of
Suffolk University in
Boston, Massachusetts from 1965 to 1970.
John E. Fenton, Sr. was born in
Lawrence, Massachusetts in 1898 and graduated the
College of the Holy Cross and then from
Boston College Law School
Boston College Law School (BC Law) is the law school of Boston College. It is situated on a wooded campus in Newton, Massachusetts, about 1.5 miles from the university's main campus in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts.
With approximately 800 stud ...
in 1924 with a
Juris Doctor. Fenton taught at Lawrence High School while attending the Suffolk Evening Division. Fenton served on the Suffolk University Board of Trustees for sixteen years before serving as president of the university from 1965 to 1970. He had previously served as the Chief Justice of the
Massachusetts Land Court
The Massachusetts Land Court is one of the departments of the Trial Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The court is unique among the courts of Massachusetts and among state courts in general because its subject-matter jurisdiction is lim ...
from 1937-1965. Fenton's son, John E. Fenton, Jr. was also a judge and a professor at Suffolk Law School for over fifty years. The John E. Fenton building at Suffolk University is named in President Fenton's honor.
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Suffolk University Law School alumni
College of the Holy Cross alumni
Presidents of Suffolk University
1898 births
1974 deaths
20th-century American academics
Judges of the Massachusetts Land Court