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John J. Donohue III

 * John J. Donohue III was born on January 30th, 1953 in Alexandria Virginia. Eventually after living in the Bronx New York, New York and Long Island he moved to Orange, Connecticut. John went to high school at Amity high. During his last two years at Amity John began playing basketball.
 * John Donohue graduated Amity in 1971. John attended Hamilton College in upstate New York were he majored in math and economics. John was referred to by his class mates and the faculty as "John Hoops Donohue," a reference to his proficiency on the basketball court.
 * After graduation, John attended Harvard Law School and upon graduating clerked for a federal judge in Connecticut. After clerking he worked at a law firm in D.C. Eventually John decided to get his Ph.D in Economics from Yale University. John then moved to Chicago to teach law at northwestern University. After getting tenure at North Western he moved to Stanford, California to teach at Stanford Law School. In 2004 John Received an offer to teach at Yale Law School which he took. After six years at Yale John then moved back to the lovely Palo Alto area to teach once again at Stanford.


 * John is most well known for his work on Gun Control, The Death Penalty and Abortion


 * John Donohue III has three children Lauren, Aidan and Patrick Donohue and is married to Maureen O'Kicki.