Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Foreword xi
4. Preface xv
5. Introduction 1
6. Part I: My Family and Its Irish History
7. 1. What’s in a Name? 7
8. 2. Mom’s and Pop’s Origins 14
9. 3. Mom’s and Pop’s Childhood 23
10. Part II: A New Home in America
11. 4. An American Odyssey 27
12. 5. Settling in the Bronx 38
13. 6. Growing Up in an Irish Immigrant Family 46
14. 7. Uncle Pat, Our Life- Long Companion 58
15. 8. Memories of the Nearby House That Ruth Built 68
16. Part III: My Salad Days
17. 9. St. Angela Merici Grammar School, 1942–1950 73
18. 10. Bishop Dubois High School, 1950–1954 80
19. 11. Fordham College, 1954–1958 83
20. 12. Fordham Law School, 1958–1961 90
21. 13. Meeting the Love of My Life: Emalie 97
22. Part IV: Career as a Lawyer
23. 14. Learning in Part- Time Jobs 105
24. 15. Joining a Small Law Firm—Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom 107
25. 16. Leaving Skadden 113
26. 17. Becoming a Law School Dean: An Overview 132
27. 18. Commitments, Challenges, and Special Moments 147
28. 19. The Many Hats a Dean Wears 154
29. 20. Fordham Law Goes to Ireland 162
30. 21. Leaving the Deanship 171
31. 22. Becoming a Classroom Teacher 176
32. Part V: The Vocation of Service
33. 23. Serving Others 185
34. 24. The Voluntary Bar 194
35. 25. Public Service: From Carey to Koch to Cuomo to Bloomberg to Kaye 199
36. 26. Boards of Not- for- Profit, Charitable, and Public Institutions 208
37. 27. The Catholic Church 213
38. Part VI: Peacemaking and Problem- Solving
39. 28. Learning the Art of Conflict Resolution 221
40. 29. Conflicts in the Public Eye 229
41. Part VII: Constitutional Endeavors
42. 30. Presidential Succession 237
43. 31. The Electoral College System 270
44. 32. Other Constitutional Opportunities 280
45. Part VIII: The World of Government Ethics
46. 33. The New York State Commission on Government Integrity 287
47. 34. New York State Ethics Commission 297
48. 35. The New York State Public Integrity Commission 304
49. Part IX: Marriage and Family
50. 36. Our Growing Family 313
51. 37. Deaths in the Family 324
52. 38. Roses in December—Rediscovering Mom and Pop 335
53. 39. My Family: Immediate and Extended 343
54. Part X: On a Personal Note
55. 40. What I Learned 351
56. 41. Advice to My Grandchildren 358
57. Appendixes
58. Appendix A: Non- Feerick Surnames Associated with My Family 363
59. Appendix B: My Dean’s Reports 368
60. Appendix C: Remarks on Receiving the ABA Medal 380
61. Acknowledgments 387
62. Notes 389
63. Index 419