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unusual facts about Graham B. Purcell, Jr.



Anthony Konings

Konings was consulted by prelates and priests from the entire United States; he was invited to examine candidates for degrees in theology and canon law, and was summoned as an expert in trials touching ecclesiastical questions, especially in the celebrated trial resulting from the financial difficulties of the Archbishop of Cincinnati, J. B. Purcell.

Charles H. Purcell

When the commission finished its work, Purcell was appointed by Governor Jim Rolph as the Chief Engineer responsible for the design and construction of the bridge.

Graham B. Purcell, Jr.

Purcell was elected to the Eighty-seventh Congress, by special election, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of fellow Democrat, Representative Frank N. Ikard.

James N. Purcell, Jr.

title=Director of the Bureau of Refugee Programs|

In 1983, President of the United States Ronald Reagan nominated Purcell as Director of the Bureau of Refugee Programs and he held this office from June 12, 1983 to September 28, 1986.

Purcell worked in public affairs for his entire career, serving in every presidential administration from John F. Kennedy to Ronald Reagan.

(b. 1938) was United States Director of the Bureau of Refugee Programs from 1983 to 1986, a bureau whose design and implementation he was charged to create in 1979.

Vikram Pandit

In 2005, after more than two decades with Morgan Stanley, Vikram Pandit decided to leave the firm along with John Havens after being passed over by Philip J. Purcell.


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