JOHN MORRISSEY

MORRISSEY--John Carroll, born September 2, 1914 in New York City, died April 24, 2021 in San Francisco, CA, son of the late Estelle (Caine) and Edward J. Morrissey, raised in Larchmont and New Haven. Educated at Horace Mann and Taft, he earned his BA (Phi Beta Kappa) and LLB at Yale, and his JSD at NYU, practicing law in New York City, Washington, DC, and California. A man of exceptional determination, faith, and intellectual curiosity, he embraced an extraordinarily rich and long life. His WWII Army service included assignments at the Office of the Army Chief of Staff in DC and on General Dwight Eisenhower's staff in Europe. (In Army Reserves until 1974, he retired as a Colonel.) As a Department of Defense civilian lawyer, he liaised with the Atomic Energy Commission and acted as general counsel of the Defense Electric Power Administration. As a Pacific Gas & Electric Company attorney (1953-79 ending as Vice President and General Counsel), he handled permit proceedings for the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant. Married to Eileen Colligan, they raised a family of eight children. His commitment to justice and fairness was reflected in his civic leadership, notably for the SF Human Rights Commission. He thrived in the fellowship of clubs, in his children's many activities and, especially, through his 66 years of devoted loving marriage with Eileen. Predeceased by his wife, he is survived by his children, Jay Edward (Marilyn McFarland), Ellen Jenkins (James), Katherine (Kim Lowry), John (Colleen Shea), Patricia, Richard (Anne Ballinger), Brian, and Peter (Anne Heller) Morrissey; and nine grandchildren.