Edmund S. Muskie Oral History Collection
Document Type
Oral History
Publication Date
11-2-2000
Interview Number
MOH 238
Abstract
John Thomas McEvoy was born in Council Bluffs, Iowa on April 9, 1937 and grew up in Omaha, Nebraska. His mother was a schoolteacher and later a homemaker. His father worked for the Federal Home Loan Bank System. He studied at and graduated from Creighton Preparatory School, Creighton College of Arts, and Creighton Law School in Omaha. He obtained a Master of Laws Degree from Georgetown University in 1964. He served three years as an officer in the Army Judge Advocate General’s Corps in the Office of the Army General Counsel and the Office of the Special Assistant to the Secretary of Defense. He served Senator Tom Dodd as a legislative assistant in 1965 and Senator Joseph Tydings as a legislative assistant from 1966 to 1968. He was Staff Director of the District of Columbia Committee in 1969 and 1970. He was Senator Muskie’s Administrative Assistant from 1971 until the presidential election of 1972. After practicing law for two years in Washington, he returned to Muskie’s staff as counsel to the Budget Committee in 1974. He became Staff Director of that Committee in 1977. He left at the end of 1980 to resume the practice of law until 1989, when he became Executive Director of the National Council of State Housing Agencies until his retirement in 2001.
Use Restrictions
Copyright Bates College. This transcript is provided for individual Research Purposes Only; for all other uses, including publication, reproduction and quotation beyond fair use, permission must be obtained in writing from: The Edmund S. Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library, Bates College, 70 Campus Avenue, Lewiston, Maine 04240-6018.
Recommended Citation
Nicoll, Don, "McEvoy, John oral history interview" (2000). Edmund S. Muskie Oral History Collection. 248.
https://scarab.bates.edu/muskie_oh/248
Scope and Content Note
Interview includes discussions of: family background; McEvoy’s education and the decision to go to law school; the Korean War; Adjutant General’s Corps and the move to Washington, D.C.; McEvoy’s early legislation work; Dodd’s scandal; Tydings to Muskie; Staff Director of the District of Columbia Committee 1969 to 1970; and his decision to work for Muskie.