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12 December 2010

Obituary of Peter Francis Coogan

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(extracted from "Boston Globe" [MA], 21 JUN 1985, PAGE 59):

PETER COOGAN, AT 80, 
RETIRED LAWYER (POMFRET, VT) 

Peter F. Coogan of Pomfret, VT, retired partner... 
...longtime resident of Newton Center, Mr. Coogan moved to Pomfret 
after his retirement... ...transactions for law reviews, Mr. Coogan 
was a member of the permanent editorial...

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(extracted from "New York Times" [NY], 22 JUN 1985, PAGE 33):

COOGAN - Peter F., of Pomfret, Vermont.  At 80.  Retired partner in
the Boston law firm Ropes & Gray, and widely known authority in the
field of bankruptcy and creditors' rights.  Died June 20, at '
Massachusetts General Hospital.

A longtime resident of Newton Center, Mr. Coogan moved to Pomfret 
after his retirement from Ropes & Gray in 1977.  He had been with the 
firm since 1942, becoming a partner 8 years later.

He taught at a number of institutions of higher learning, including
Yale University Law School, Duke University, the University of 
Virginia, the University of Georgia, the University of Southern
California, the University of Houston and Vermont Law School.  He had
also been a lecturer in the continuing legal education program of the
American Law Institute of the American Bar Association.  The author
of many articles on creditors and secured transactions for law 
reviews, Mr. Coogan was a member of the permanent editorial board at
the Uniform Commercial Code, and was the principal author of "Secured
Transactions Under the Uniform Commercial Code."  He also was a long-
time member of the National Bankruptcy Conference, and was a delegate
to the US State Dept. Conference on International Leasing in 1977. He
had served on the board of overseers of Case Western Reserve 
University and as chairman of the visiting committee of the 
university's Law School.

Mr. Coogan was born in Watertown, Wisconsin, on December 3, 1904, the
son of William Coogan and Eleanor (McFarland) Coogan.  He studied for
three years at Marquette University and graduated from Case Western
Reserve University with a law degree in 1939, from Boston University
with a master of arts degree in 1941, and Harvard University with a
master's law degree the following year.  He was a member of the 
American, Massachusetts and Boston Bar Associations, and associate of
the Bar of the City of New York, and a member of Harvard Clubs of
Boston and New York.

Mr. Coogan leaves his wife, the former Barbara Tracy; two sons, 
attorney Peter W. Coogan of Newton, and Matthew A. Coogan, of Boston;
two daughters, Rosalind Anderson of Newton, and Eleanor Merrill, of
Arlington, Texas; and 11 grandchildren.  A memorial service will be 
conducted at Eliot Congregational Church, Newton Corner, at 2 PM
Monday.

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(extracted from "San Francisco Chronicle" [CA], 22 JUN 1985, PAGE 14):

PETER FRANCIS COOGAN

Peter Francis Coogan, 80, a San Francisco lawyer and an authority on 
bankruptcy and business law, died Thursday of pneumonia in Boston. 

Mr. Coogan, who was a native of Watertown, Wis., and a graduate of 
Harvard Law School, wrote many law review articles and was the author 
of a respected treatise on business law. He was a member of the 
Murphy, Weir & Butler law firm of San Francisco. 

Surviving are his wife, Barbara, of San Francisco, and four children. 
A memorial service will be held Monday in Boston.

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