Oral history interview with Donal D. Sullivan
Scope and Contents
This oral history interview with Donal D. Sullivan was conducted by Michael O’Rourke in Sullivan’s chambers at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Portland, Oregon, on July 6, 2006. In the interview, Sullivan discusses his early career as a lawyer in Salem, and as assistant district attorney with Sid Lezak in the Multnomah County district attorney’s office in Portland, then as a clerk for the U.S. District Court of Oregon. He describes working with judges Gus Solomon and William East. Sullivan also talks about serving as a bankruptcy judge. He closes the interview by talking about his personal life and family.
Dates
- 2006 July 6
Creator
- Sullivan, Donal D. (Donal Dennis), 1931-2009 (Interviewee, Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Joint copyright held by the Oregon Historical Society and the U.S. District Court of Oregon Historical Society. In Copyright – Educational Use Permitted: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/
Biographical note
Donal Dennis Sullivan was born in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1931. He attended Loyola University, the Illinois Institute of Technology, and DePaul University Law School. He clerked for Judge Hall Lusk in 1959. He became a deputy district attorney of Multnomah County in 1960; was an assistant attorney general from 1960 to 1962; was an assistant U.S. Attorney from 1962 to 1965; was a clerk of U.S. District Court of Oregon from 1965 to 1969; and became an Appointed Referee in Bankruptcy in 1969. He became a judge in 1979 and was appointed to his first 14-year term to the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Portland, Oregon, in September 1986. He was recalled in January 1999. He died in 2009.
Extent
.1 Cubic Feet (1 videocassette (1 hr., 2 min., 59 sec.)) : Mini-DV
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Oral history interview with Donal Dennis Sullivan conducted by Michael O'Rourke on July 6, 2006, as part of the United States District Court Oral History Project. Sullivan was clerk of the U.S. District Court of Oregon.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Donna Sinclair, January 2008 (Lib. Acc. 26436).
Existence and Location of Copies
General
Forms part of the United States District Court Oral History Project.
- Bankruptcy
- East, William G., 1908-1985
- Judges -- Oregon
- Justice, Administration of -- Oregon
- Law clerks -- Oregon
- Lawyers -- Oregon -- Salem
- Lezak, Sidney I., 1924-2006
- Oral Histories
- Oregon
- Public prosecutors -- Oregon
- Solomon, Gus J. (Gus Jerome), 1906-1987
- Sullivan, Donal D. (Donal Dennis), 1931-2009
- United States. District Court (Oregon)
- interviews
Creator
- Sullivan, Donal D. (Donal Dennis), 1931-2009 (Interviewee, Person)
- O'Rourke, Michael (Filmmaker) (Interviewer, Person)
- Title
- Guide to oral history interview with Donal D. Sullivan
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Sarah Stroman
- Date
- 2019
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- Finding aid is written in English.
- Sponsor
- This project is supported in whole or part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services through the Library Services and Technology Act, administered by the State Library of Oregon.
Repository Details
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