Edward Matthew McEntee

Personal

Birthday: 
10/21/1906
Birthplace: 
Providence, RI
Date of Death: 
2/14/1981
Race or Ethnicity: 
White
Gender: 
Male
Prior Employment: 

Private practice, Providence, Rhode Island, 1933-1952
State representative, Rhode Island, 1935-1939
Assistant U.S. attorney, District of Rhode Island, 1940-1951
U.S. attorney for the District of Rhode Island, 1952-1953

Education

Name of School: 
College of the Holy Cross
Degree: 
A.B.
Degree Year: 
1928
Name of School - Second: 

Boston University School of Law

Boston University School of Law (BU Law) is a nationally recognized law school located in the heart of Boston University's campus on Commonwealth Avenue in Boston, Massachusetts.

Consistently ranked in the top 30 law schools, "U.S. News and World Report" currently ranks it 26th in the country. Three specialties are in the top 10, including Health Law (#5), Tax Law (#7), and Intellectual Property Law (#9). Princeton Review ranks it 2nd place nationally in "Best Professors" and 7th place for "Best Classroom Experience." For the class of 2017, the median student LSAT score was 163 and median GPA was 3.66.

Boston University School of Law offers a broad selection of legal classes and seminars (approximately 200) with a student to faculty ratio of 12:1.

Degree - Second: 
LL.B.
Degree Year - Second: 
1933

Judicial Career

Court Name: 
U. S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Court Name: 

First Circuit Court of Appeals

President Nominating: 
Lyndon B. Johnson
Party Affiliation of President: 
Democratic
Commission Date: 
9/1/1965
Retirement from Active Service: 
12/31/1976
Termination Date: 
2/14/1981
Termination Reason: 
Death