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degrees and had long been ar
ardent legal scholar. He was dear
of the University of San Francisco
Law School from 1884 to 1886.
A native of Philadelphia, DR.
Cassidy was the son of the late
Hugh Gilbert Cassidy. a Philadel.
phia Judge, and grandson Of 6
Philadelphia State Attorney Gen.
eral.
Studied at Georgetown.
DR.. Cassidy received a bachelor
of arts degree from Mount st
Marys College. Emmitsburg. Md.
in 1919 and a masters degree in
1921.
He then studied at Georgetown
University Law School here. re-
ceiving a law degree in 1922 anc
a doctorate cum laude in 1928. 1r
1929 and 1880 DR.. Cassidy was 6
Pugsley Scholar at Harvard Uni
versity and was awarded the de-
gree of Doctor of Juridical Science
He was faculty research fellow
at Harvard in l936-37. Mr.. Cas-
sidy studied at the Academy Of
International Law at The Hague
in 1881 and in 1888, and was 6
Carnegie Scholar in that year. He
also attended the University OF
Leyden and the University Of
Michigan.
DR.. Cassidy was a public utilitle:
attorney in Philadelphia from
1923 to 1928. Then he became 6
law professor at Creighton Uni.
versity, coming to Georgetown ir
1880. He remained here -four
years before going to San Fran
cisco as dean. DR.. Cassidy then
became a professor Of law at
Cumberland University, Lebanon
Tenn, and returned to Washing
ton in 1899 to join the Department
of Justice as a special assistant
to the Attorney General and to
teach law at National University
here.
Private in World War I.
He was an Army private In
World War I and afterwards was
a Marine Corps Reserve captain
for many years. A physical dis
ability prevented him from serv-
ing actively in the Marine Corps
during World War II, but in l943
and 1914 he was a senior lieu
tenant in the Coast Guard. hold
ing the position of legal assistance
officer for the 9th Naval District
After leaving Coast Guard service
Dr.. Cassidy returned to the De-
partment Of Justice.
DR.. Cassidy had been a delegate
at-large at the Democratic Ma
tional Convention of 1924 He
was appointed an honorary consul
by the Republic of Panama in
1888. He was admitted TO practice
before the Supreme Court in 1887
DR.. Cassidy was q member OF
the following organizations: Am
erican Bar Association. American
Society of international Law. Sons
of the American Revolution, Gam
ma Eta Gamma and ri Sigma
Alpha fraternities. Harvard Club
of Washington, and Department
of Justice Post, American Legion
He was a corresponding member
of the Ancien Institut Historique
ct Heraldique de France. and con-
tributed to number OF law
journals.
Rites Set for Wednesday.
Surviving DR.. Cassidy are his
widow, Mrs. Juanita Newton Har-
ris Cassidy: four children by a
former marriage, Lewis c. Cassidy
w: Truman Hugh Cassidy, John
Walsh Cassidy and Miss Isabelle
Cassidy, all of the home address;
his mother. Miss Mary Cassidy of
Philadelphia; three sisters, Mrs
Dorothy Bateman. Mrs. Agnes
Danforth and Mrs. Virginia Smith
and a brother. Gilbert Cassidy, all
of Philadelphia; three stepsons
and five step-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at
9 am. Wednesday In st. Charles
Catholic Church, Arlington. Bur
ial with military honors will follow
in Arlington Cemetery.