Martin F. Conboy (L 1898) was the first president of the modern Georgetown University Alumni Association. He was elected at its first meeting in 1940 and held the position until 1944.1 Prior to Conboy's presidency, the Alumni Association had been only loosely and sporadically organized and he helped lead its establishment as a formal organization for alumni.
He received an LL.B. degree from the Georgetown University School of Law in 1898, an LL.M. degree in 1899,2 and a PhD in 1915.3 In 1896 he was elected class president.4 On May 20, 1899 he participated in a debate with the law students of the Columbian University (now The George Washington University), arguing that suffrage should be restricted "by an educational qualification."5
Born in New York, Conboy returned there after graduation and practiced law in New York City, with an office at 27 Pine Street.6 He lived in East Orange, N.J.7 In 1919 he was a partner at the law firm of Griggs, Baldwin & Baldwin. During World War I, he was Director of the Draft for New York City.8
- 1John J. Tunmore, "The Alumni Association...Its History," Georgetown University Alumni Association Magazine, March 1954, Vol. 6, No. 6, pp. 5, 12.
- 2"Alumni," Easby-Smith, James S. (James Stanislaus). Georgetown University In the District of Columbia, 1789-1907: Its Founders, Benefactors, Officers, Instructors And Alumni. New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1907, Vol. 2 p. 339. https://hdl.handle.net/2027/nyp.33433076015860?urlappend=%3Bseq=357
- 3Peter T. Levins, "Alumni Notes," Georgetown College Journal, March 1917, Vol. XLV No. 6, p. 375. http://hdl.handle.net/10822/1049904
- 4"University Notes," Georgetown College Journal, November 1896, Vol. XXV No. 2, p. 22. http://hdl.handle.net/10822/1044494
- 5"University Notes, Law School," Georgetown College Journal, May 1899, Vol. XXVII No. 8, p. 375. http://hdl.handle.net/10822/1044520
- 6"Alumni Business Directory," Georgetown College Journal, May 1912 Vol. XL No. 8, n.p. http://hdl.handle.net/10822/1049861
- 7"With the Old Boys," Georgetown College Journal, June 1905, Vol. XXXIII No. 9, p. 447. http://hdl.handle.net/10822/1049804
- 8"Alumni Notes," Georgetown College Journal, June 1919, Vol. XLVII No. 9, p. 552. http://hdl.handle.net/10822/1049924
