BIO: John E. Drury, Jr.; Buffalo, Erie Co., NY

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History of Northwestern New York: Erie, Niagara, Wyoming, Genesee and
Orleans Counties.
Lewis Historical Pub. Company, pub. about 1947 (?)
Vol. 3 Biographies

JOHN E. DRURY, Jr.

For years a member of the Yew York State bar, John E. Drury, Jr., practices
his profession in Buffalo, where he is a member of the law firm of Desmond and
Drury. Maritime and admiralty cases have occupied a great deal of his
attention.

Mr. Drury was born September 2. 1908. in Buffalo, New York. son of Captain
John E. and Mary (Sullivan) Drury. His father, a native Canadian, was active
in the Great Lakes trade, having been a master of lake vessels for most of the
time since 1920.

John E. Drury, Jr., lost his mother while he was still very young, but was
reared by his stepmother, Mrs. Julia G. (Sullivan) Drury. He attended St.
Joseph's Parochial School, in Buffalo, his native city, and was graduated from
Canisius High School here in 1925. Beginning his college studies at Canisius
College, he subsequently transferred to Georgetown University, Washington,
District of Columbia, where he received his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1929.
He then studied at Harvard College, and finished his studies for the law at
the University of Buffalo, where he received the Bachelor of Laws degree in
1932. Admitted to the New York State bar in January, 1933, he served a
clerkship with the law firm of Gibbons and Pottle from 1930 to January, 1934,
so continuing during a large part of his law school days and for a time
thereafter. In 1934 Mr. Drury joined with his present partner, Edmond J.
Desmond, in the law firm of Desmond and Drury, of which he has been a member
down to the time of writing, handling special cases and specializing
particularly in admiralty and maritime law, as indicated above. He also is
engaged in a broad general practice, covering some cases of almost all
branches of the law.

A Democrat in politics, Mr. Drury is a member of the Lawyers' Club, the
Marshall Club and the Erie County Bar Association. He belongs to the Sigma Phi
Delta society and the Phi Delta Phi legal fraternity. He is a member of the
Roman Catholic Church, Cathedral Parish. Swimming and boating are among his
favorite spare-time recreations.

John E. Drury, Jr., married, in May, 1940, in Buffalo, New York, Virginia
Schwartz, born in this city. daughter of Frank and Elizabeth (Reedy) Schwartz.
of Buffalo, New York. They became the parents of the following children: 1.
Timothy J., born in 1941. 2. John E., 3d, born in 1943. 3. Kathleen Ann, born
in 1945. The Drurys live at No. 128 Lexington Avenue, Buffalo. Mr. Drury has
offices in the Liberty Bank Building, this city.