Assassination Records Review Board
Final Determination Notification
AGENCY:
RECORD NUMBER :
HSCA
180-10068-10352
RECORD SERIES : STAFF PAYROLL RECORDS
AGENCY FILE NUMBER :
December 8, 1995
Status of Document:
Postponed in Part
Number of releases of previously postponed information: 13
Reason for Board Action: The Review Board's decision was premised on several factors
including: (a) the significant historical interest in the document in question; (b) the
absence of evidence that the release of the information would cause harm to the United
States or to any
individual.
Number of Postponements: 7
Postponements: All the postponements in this document represent Social Security numbers.
Reason for Board Action: The text is redacted because the public disclosure of the redaction could
reasonably be expected to constitute an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy, and that invasion of
privacy would be so substantial that it outweighs the public interest.
Substitute Language: SSN
Date of Next Review: 2017
Board Review Completed: 10/24/95
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Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992
44 USC 2107 Note). Case#:NW 88326 Date: 2025
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JFK ASSASSINATION SYSTEM
IDENTIFICATION FORM
AGENCY INFORMATION
Date: 08/20/93
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DATE : 12/13/76
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GANNON, THOMAS M.
Name of Employed.
Address
Address
Hiane Number
Position Title
OFFICE OF THE CLERK
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PERSONAL LEAVE RECORD
1997
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CERTIFIED CORRECT:
Employee's Signature
Date
(If employee refuses to sign, state reason below.)
Approved:
Chief's Signature
Clerk of the House
Date
Date
This record will be forwarded to the Clerk of the House at the end of each calendar year, or in case of termination, along
'with the request for termination. Upon approval, the record will be filed in the employee's official personnel folder.
EXHIBIT I
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June 16, 1977
Thomas M. Gannon, S.J.
Jesuit Community
Georgetown University
37th and O Streets, N.W..
Washington, D.C. 20007
Dear Tom:
I want you to know how much the Committee
and I appreciate your service and how much we
regret that you will no longer be a member of
the staff.
You have our best wishes always.
LS: tle
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Sincerely yours,
Louis Stokes
Chairman
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LOUIS STOKES, OHIO, CHAIRMAN
RICHARDSON PREYER, N.C.
WALTER E. FAUNTROY, D.C.
YVONNE BRATHWAITE BURKE, CALIF.
CHRISTOPHER J. DODD, CONN.
HAROLD E. FORD, TENN.
FLOYD J. FITHIAN, IND.
SAMUEL L. DEVINE, OHIO
JOHN B. ANDERSON, ILL.
STEWART B. MC KINNEY, CONN.
CHARLES THONE, NEBR.
ROBERT W. EDGAR, PA.
(202) 225-4624
Select Committee on Assassinations
U.S. House of Representatives
3342 HOUSE OFFICE BUILDING, ANNEX 2
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20515
June 3, 1977
Mr. Thomas Lambeth
Acting Director
Select Committee on Assassinations
U. S. House of Representatives
Washington, D.C. 20515
Dear Mr. Lambeth:
I hereby resign from the staff of the
Select Committee on Assassinations, effective two
weeks from today, at the close of business on
Friday, June 17, 1977.
Very truly yours,
TMG: eb
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Thomas M. Gannon, S.J.
PAYROLL AUTHORIZATION FORM
(Please Use Typewriter
or Ballpoint Pen)
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES:
Washington, D.C. 20515
To the Clerk of the House of Representatives:
I hereby authorize the following payroll action:
Employee Name (First-Middle-Last)
(Any erasures, corrections, or changes.
on this form must be initialed by the
authorizing official.)
Thomas Gannon, SJ
Employee Social Security Number
180 30 1309
Employing Office or Committee
Appointment
Effective Date
6/17/77
Type of Action
Salary Adjustment.
Assassinations
Termination (At close of business on effective date)
(If type of action is an Appointment or Salary Adjustment, complete the following information.)
Position Title
(If Committee Employee, complete appropriate item below.)
1. ☐ Standing Committee: Staff -☐ Clerical or ☐ Professional.
2. ☑Special or Select Committee: Authority-H. Res. 465 of 95th Congress.
3. ☐ Joint Committee.
(If Employee of an Officer of the House, complete item below.) t
Position Number__
If applicable, Level Step_
Gross Annual Salary
I certify that this authorization is not in violation of 5 U.SC. 3110(b), prohibiting the employment of
relatives..
Date
June 14
19_77
(Signature of Authorizing Official)
Louis Stokes
(Type or print name of Authorizing Official)
Chairman
(Title If Member, District and State)
- All appointments and salary adjustments for employees under the House Classification Act and for Committee em
ployees except those of the Committee on Appropriations; the Committee on the Budget, and the Joint Committees, must
be approved by the Committee on House Administration za
Office of Finance use only:
Office Code ___
Monthly Annuity $_
.00
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APPROVED:
Chairman, Committee on House Administration
Copy for Initiating Office or Committeeri
June 6, 1977
Thomas M. Gannon, S.J.
Select Committee on Assassinations
U. S. House of Representatives
Washington, D.C. 20515
Dear Tom:
This is to acknowledge receipt and acceptance
of your letter of June 3, 1977, resigning from the
staff of the Select Committee on Assassinations
effective on the close of business on Friday, June 17,
1977.
I regret that we will be losing you, but wish
you the best of luck in your new position.
Sincerely,
Thomas Lambeth,
Acting Director
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PAYROLL AUTHORIZATION FORM-
(Please Use Typewriter
or Ballpoint Pen).
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Washington, D.C. 20515.
To the Clerk of the House of Representatives:
I hereby authorize the following payroll action:
Employee Name (First-Middle-Last)
(Any erasures, corrections, or changes.
on this form must be initialed by the
authorizing official.)
☐ Effective Date
Thomas Gannon, SJ
5/1/77
Employee Social Security Number
Type of Action
180 30 1309
Appointment
Employing Office or Committee
☑☑ Salary Adjustment.
Assassinations
Termination (At close of business on effective date)
(If type of action is an Appointment or Salary Adjustment; complete the following information.).
Position Title
Gross Annual Salary
$20,000
(If Committee Employee, complete appropriate item below.)
.☐ Standing Committee: Staff ☐ Clerical or ☐ Professional.
2.
Special or Select Committee: Authority-H. Res. 465 of 95th Congress.
3. ☐ Joint Committee.
(If Employee of an Officer of the House, complete item below.) 2007
Position Number_
If applicable, Level
Step
I certify that this authorization is not in violation of 5 U.S.C. 3110(b), prohibiting the employment of
relatives.
Date
May 10 1977
(Signature of Authorizing Official)
Louis Stokes
(Type or print name of Authorizing Official)
Chairman
(Title If Member, District and State)
All appointments and salary adjustments for employees under the House Classification Act and for Committee em-
ployees, except those of the Committee on Appropriations, the Committee on the Budget, and the Joint Committees, must
be approved by the Committee on House Administration: a.
Office of Finance use only:
Office Code.
Monthly Annuity $__
.00
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APPROVED:
Chairman, Committee on House Administration
Copy for Initiating Office or Committee
F05/11
PAYROLL AUTHORIZATION FORM:
(Please Use Typewriter
or Ballpoint Pen)
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Washington, D.C. 20515
To the Clerk of the House of Representatives:
I hereby authorize the following payroll action:
Employee Name (First-Middle-Last)
(Any erasures, corrections, or changes
on this form must be initialed by the
authorizing official.)
Effective Date:
Thomas M. Gannon, SJ
4/7/77
Employee Social Security Number
Type of Action
180 30 1309
Appointment
Employing Office or Committee
☑ Salary Adjustment
Assassinations
Termination (At close of business on effective date)
(If type of action is an Appointment or Salary Adjustment, complete the following information.)
Position Title
Gross Annual Salary
$42,400
(If Committee Employee, complete appropriate item below.)
1. ☐ Standing Committee: Staff -☐ Clerical or ☐ Professional.
465
2. ☑ Special or Select Committee: Authority-H. Res.
of 95th Congress.
3. ☐ Joint Committee.
(If Employee of an Officer of the House, complete item below.)
Position Number_
If applicable, Level_
Step__
I certify that this authorization is not in violation of 5 U.S.C. 3110(b), prohibiting the employment of
relatives.
Date
April 29
19_77
(Signature of Authorizing Official)
Louis Stokes
(Type or print name of Authorizing Official)
Chairman
(Title If Member, District and State)
All appointments and salary adjustments for employees under the House Classification Act and for Committee em-
ployees, except those of the Committee on Appropriations, the Committee on the Budget, and the Joint Committees, must
be approved by the Committee on House Administration.
Office of Finance use only:
Office Code..
Monthly Annuity $_.
..00
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APPROVED:
Chairman, Committee on House Administration
Copy for Initiating Office or Committee
PAYROLL AUTHORIZATION FORM
(Please Use Typewriter
for Ballpoint Pen)
=
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Washington, D.C. 20515
To the Clerk of the House of Representatives:
I hereby authorize the following payroll action:
Employee Name (First-Middle-Last)
(Any erasures, corrections, or changes
on this form must be initialed by the
authorizing official:) :
• Effective Date
Thomas M. Gannon
2-1-77
Employee Social Security Number
Type of Action
180-30-1309
Appointment
Employing Office or Committee
Salary Adjustment
Select Committee on Assassinations
Termination (At close of business on effective date)
(If type of action is an Appointment or Salary Adjustment, complete the following information.)
Position Title
Gross Annual Salary
$12,300.
(If Committee Employee, complete appropriate item below.)
1. ☐ Standing Committee: Staff -☐ Clerical or ☐ Professional.
2. ☑Special or Select Committee: Authority-H. Res. 11 of 95 Congress.
3. ☐ Joint Committee.
(If Employee of an Officer of the House, complete item below.)
Position Number_
If applicable, Level_
Step_
relatives.
certify that this authorization is not in violation of 5 U.S.C.3110(b), prohibiting the employment of
Date
2-28=77
19.
(Signature of Authorizing Official)
Henry B. Gonzalez
(Type or print name of Authorizing Official)
Chairman
(Title If Member, District and State).
All appointments and salary adjustments for employees under the House Classification Act and for Committee em-
ployees, except those of the Committee on Appropriations, the Committee on the Budget, and the Joint Committees, must
be approved by the Committee on House Administration. hy
Office of Finance use only:
Office Code
Monthly Annuity $
.00
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APPROVED:
Chairman, Committee on House Administration
Copy for Initiating Office or Committee

PAYROLL AUTHORIZATION FORM
(Please Use Typewriter U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Washington, D.C. 20515
or Ballpoint Pen)
To the Clerk of the House of Representatives:
I hereby authorize the following payroll action:
(Any erasures, corrections, or changes
on this form must be initialed by the
authorizing official.)
Employee Name (First-Middle-Last)
Thomas M. Gannon
1/3/77
Employee Social Security Number
180 30 1309
Employing Office or Committee
Select Committee on Assassinations
Appointment
☐ Salary Adjustment.
Effective Date
Type of Action
Termination (At close of business on effective date)
(If type of action is an Appointment or Salary Adjustment, complete the following information.)
Position Title
(If Committee Employee, complete appropriate item below.)
1. Standing Committee: Staff -☐ Clerical or ☐ Professional.
2. ☐ Special or Select Committee: Authority-H. Res.__
3. ☐ Joint Committee.
(If Employee of an Officer of the House, complete item below.)
Position Number_.
If applicable, Level _
Gross Annual Salary
$13,000.
11 of 5th Congress.
Step__
I certify that this authorization is not in violation of 5 U.S.C. 3110(b), prohibiting the employment of
relatives.
Date
1977
(Signature of Authorizing Official)
Henry B. Gonzalez
(Type or print name of Authorizing Official) -
Chairman
(Title If Member, District and State)
All appointments, and salary adjustments for employees under the House Classification Act and for Committee em
ployees, except those of the Committee on Appropriations, the Committee on the Budget, and the Joint Committees, must>>
be approved by the Committee on House Administration.
Office of Finance use only:
Office Code..
Monthly Annuity $
.00
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APPROVED:
Chairman, Committee on House Administration
Copy for Initiating Office or Committee
PAYROLL AUTHORIZATION FORM
(Please Use Typewriter U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
or Ballpoint Pen)
Washington, D.C: 20515
To the Clerk of the House of Representatives:
I hereby authorize the following payroll action:
(Any erasures, corrections; or changes
on this form must be initialed by the
authorizing official.).
Employee Name (First-Middle-Last)
Thomas M. Gannon
Employee Social Security Number
Effective Date
12/13/76
Type of Action
180 30 1309.
☑ Appointment
Employing Office or Committee
Salary Adjustment
Termination (At close of business on effective date)
Select Committee on Assassinations
(If type of action is an Appointment or Salary Adjustment, complete the following information.):
Staff Counsel
Position Title.
(If Committee Employee, complete appropriate item below.)
Gross Annual Salary
$20,000
1.
Standing Committee: Staff - Clerical or ☐ Professional..
2. ☐ Special or Select Committee: Authority-H. Res..
1540 of 94th Congress.
3. ☐ Joint Committee.
(If Employee of an Officer of the House, complete item below.)
Position Number_
If applicable, Level_
Step_
- handcarried to
FO 12/16/76
I certify that this authorization is not in violation of 5 U.S.C. 3110(b), prohibiting the employment of
relatives.
Date
December 15
1976
(Signature of Authorizing Official)
Thomas N. Downing, Chairman
(Type or print name of Authorizing Official)
Select Committee on Assassinations
(Title If Member, District and State)
☐ All appointments and salary adjustments for employees under the House Classification Act. and for Committee ém-
ployees, except those of the Committee on Appropriations, the Committee on the Budget, and the Joint Committees, must
be approved by the Committee on House Administration.
Office of Finance use only:
Office Code:_.
Monthly Annuity $_
.00
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APPROVED:
Chairman, Committee on House Administration.
Copy for Initiating Office or Committee
O
MEMORANDUM
TO:
All Staff Employees
FROM:
Budget Officer
DATE:
January 3, 1977
RE:
Payroll Certification
Starting with the January, 1977 payroll, the certification
to the House Finance Office requires, among other things, the
relationship, if any, of each staff employee to any current
Member of Congress (those taking office January 3, 1977).
The following are the relationships to be included in
the certification:
father
mother
son
daughter
brother
sister
uncle
aunt.
first cousin
nephew
niece
husband
wife
father-in-law
mother-in-law
son-in-law
daughter-in-law
brother-in-law.
sister-in-law
stepfather
stepmother
stepbrother
stepsister
half-brother
half-sister.
All staff employees are requested to complete this
form and return it to the Budget officer.
Approved
Richard A. Sprague
I am not related
I am related by the following relationship
Thomas M.
Signature of Employee
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January 17, 1977
Resume of:
THOMAS M. GANNON, S.J.
Local Address:
4520 Chester Avenue
Philadelphia, Pa. 19143
Phone: 215-387-9048
Personal Data:
Born Philadelphia, Pa., August 31, 1938
Entered Society of Jesus, August 14, 1960
Ordained to Roman Catholic Priesthood, June 6, 1970
Admitted to Bar of New York State, March 3, 1975
Legal Education:
New York University School of Law
J.D., June 1974
New York University Law Review--
--
Staff Member, 1972-1973; Associate Editor, 1973-1974
Publications: Comment, "Constitutional Law
Fourth Amendment--Evidence Obtained by Illegal Search
and Seizure is Inadmissible in Civil Tax Proceeding--
Government Has Burden of Going Forward With Untainted
Evidence to Support Deficiency Notice," 48 N.Y.U.L.
Rev. 197 (1973) --See attached reprint
Annual Survey of American Law--Invitation extended, declined
Review of Law and Social Change--Invitation extended, declined
Participation in Moot Court Competition, 1st year
Academic Record--See attached transcript
Pre-Legal Education:
University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana
.B.A., magna cum laude, June 1960.
Fordham University, Bronx, N.Y.
Major, History
Ph.L. (licentiate), cum laude, June 1964. Major, Philosophy
Fordham University, Bronx, N.Y.
M.A., February 1966. Major, American Literature
Woodstock College, New York, N.Y.
B.D., honors, June 1970. Major, Theology
Employment:
Special Master, fall 1976 In re Japanese Electronic
Products Antitrust Litigation, M.D.L. 189, c/o 15613
U.S. Courthouse, Philadelphia, Pa 19106
Law Clerk to the Honorable A. Leon Higginbotham, Jr.,
United States District Judge, Eastern District of Pennsylvania,
1974--present.
(15613 U. S. Court House
Philadelphia, Pa. 19106
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Employment (cont.)
Associate Editor, America Magazine, 1969-1974,
Contributing Editor, 1974-present.
Executive Editor, Catholic Mind magazine, 1969-1971
106 West 56th Street
New York, N. Y. 10019
)
Coordinator, Ad Hoc Committee on Disposition of Woodstock
College Library, summer 1973. (The committee negotiated
with the State University of New York at Stony Brook, Yale
Divinity School, Georgetown University, Catholic University,
and Fordham University for eventual disposition of the
150,000 volume library.)
Woodstock College.
New York, N. Y.
Research Assistant, summer 1972
Office of General Counsel
United States Catholic Conference
1312 Massachusetts Ave., N.W.
Washington, D. C. 20005
Secretary, Board of Trustees, 1971-1973
St. Joseph's Preparatory School
Philadelphia, Pa.
Chaplain, summer 1970.
Georgetown University Hospital
Washington, D. C. 20007
Secretary, Advisory Committee, Maryland Province of Society
of Jesus, 1967-1969. (The committee coordinated
planning for the personnel--700 men--and institutions--
five colleges and universities, six senior high schools--
of the Maryland Province.)
5704 Roland Avenue
Baltimore, Md. 21210
Instructor, Theology, spring 1969.
Mt. St. Agnes College
Baltimore, Md.
Instructor, English, 1968-1969
McKinley Technical High School
Washington, D. C.
Instructor, Latin and English, 1964-1967;
Moderator, Yearbook, 1964-1967;
Moderator, Film Seminar, 1965-1967
Member, Academic Council, 1966-1967;
Assistant Coach, Junior Varsity Football Team, 1966
Loyola High School
Towson, Md.
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Employment (continued)
Assistant Chaplain, 1961-1962
Berks County Prison
Reading, Pa.
1 Laborer/Clerk/Assembly Line Worker, summers 1957 through 1960
Ford Motor Company
Chester, Pa. and Pennsauken, N.J.
Apprentice Electrician, summers 1955 and 1956
H. B. Frazer Company
Philadelphia, Pa.
References:
Honorable A. Leon Higginbotham, Jr.
United States District Judge
United States District Court
Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pa.
Professor Norman Dorsen
New York University School of Law
New York, N. Y.
Professor Charles Lyon
New York University School of Law
New York, N. Y.
S. Stephen Rosenfeld, Esq.
Chief, Government Bureau
Office of the Attorney General
Boston, Mass.
(on leave as Associate Professor of Law
New York University School of Law
New York, N. Y.)
Richard A. Givens, Esquire
New York Regional Director
Federal Trade Commission
New York, N. Y.
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FERDINAND FARMER RESIDENCE
4520 Chester Avenue
Philadelphia, Pa. 19143
12/13/86/28/21 (215) 387-9048
November 29, 1976
Richard A. Sprague, Esq.
1622 Locust Street
Philadelphia, Pa. 19103
Dear Mr. Sprague:
When we talked the other week, you asked that I write
to you to state formally my interest in working on the
staff of the House Select Committee on Assassinations,
and to tell you when I would be ready to go to work.
As I told you during the interview, I am extremely
interested in working as a member of the committee's
staff. I look forward with enthusiasm to such an
opportunity.
I spoke with Judge Higginbotham last week, and it appears
that my duties in connection with my appointment as a
special master will be essentially over within the next
two weeks. I have also inquired about living arrangements
in Washington, D.C. While nothing is definite yet,
am confident that I can find a room in one of the Jesuit
communities there--most probably at Georgetown University--
within the next two weeks as well. As a result, I can
assure you that I will be ready to go to work in
Washington, D.C., on Monday, December 13, 1976.
One last item--in accordance with your suggestion, I
have been doing some background reading on the scope of
the investigatory powers of Congressional committees.
Thanks again for taking time out of your busy schedule
to see me. With every best wish, I am
Sincerely yours,
Tom
gannon
Thomas M. Gannon, S.J.
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