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Donald Eugene O'Brien
Donald Eugene O'Brien (September 30, 1923 – August 18, 2015) was a United States district judge, in service since 1978, on senior status since 1992, until his death. He was an officer in the United States Army Air Corps in World War II, a Democratic nominee for the U.S. House of Representatives, a United States Attorney, and a political organizer.〔Richard T. Cooper, "Kennedy Men Take Over in S.D., Give Party New Life," ''Des Moines Register'', July 19, 1968, p. 10〕
==Biography==
O'Brien was born in Marcus, Iowa to Michael J. and Myrtle O'Brien on September 30, 1923. He interrupted his college coursework at Trinity College in Sioux City, Iowa to serve as a lieutenant in the United States Army Air Corps from 1942 to 1945. He flew 30 bombing missions over Europe and receiving the Distinguished Flying Cross.〔(Biography of Judge Donald E. O'Brien, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa ), accessed 2009-07-05〕 After completing his undergraduate studies at Trinity College, he entered Creighton University School of Law, graduating in 1948 with an LL.B. degree. He was in private practice in Sioux City from 1948 to 1949, before becoming an assistant city attorney of Sioux City in 1949. He married Ruth Mahon in 1950. In 1952 he chaired the Adlai Stevenson's presidential campaign in his Iowa congressional district.〔"Form Iowa Group for Stevenson," ''Council Bluffs Nonpareil'', April 6, 1952, p. 1〕 After serving as the County Attorney of Woodbury County, Iowa from 1955 to 1958, he served as a Sioux City municipal judge from 1959 to 1960.
In 1958 and again in 1960 O'Brien was the Democratic nominee to represent Iowa's 8th congressional district in the U.S. House,〔"Here is Candidate List for November 4 Election," ''Sioux Center News'', June 5, 1958, 1, 10; "O'Brien to Address World War I Vets in Cherokee, Tues.," ''Sioux County Capital'', September 22, 1960, p. 19〕 but lost both races to longtime Republican incumbent Charles B. Hoeven.〔"County Resists State Democratic Trend," ''Sioux County Capital'', November 6, 1958, p. 1; Editorial, "The Jacks Have It," ''Alton Democrat'', November 17, 1960, p. 2〕 In 1961 President John F. Kennedy appointed him the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Iowa, a position he held until 1967. Soon after leaving office, he became an advance man in the 1968 presidential campaigns of Robert F. Kennedy,〔"Sueppel Heads Iowa Group for Kennedy," ''Iowa City Press Citizen'', April 1, 1968, 17〕 then George McGovern,〔"How Iowa Delegates Stand," ''Des Moines Sunday Register'', August 25, 1968, p. 4-L〕 and later Hubert H. Humphrey.〔''New York Times'': (Tom Wicker, "In The Nation: The Search for Hubert Humphrey," September 26, 1968 ), accessed May 10, 2011〕 He was in private practice in Sioux City, Iowa from 1967 to 1978. He organized McGovern's general election campaign in Southern California in 1972 and Jimmy Carter's general election campaign in Michigan in 1976.〔"Panel to Open Hearings on Meat Marketing," ''Des Moines Register'', October 13, 1977, p. 1〕 In 1977 he served as special counsel to a subcommittee of the U.S. House Committee on Small Business for its investigation of anti-competitive practices in the meat industry.〔
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