Stuart McNamara, C’1897, G’1898, L’1901 (February 1, 1879 – October 25, 1946) was a Georgetown alumnus and attorney.
Born in Washington, D.C., he attended Emerson Institute and Gonzaga College High School before enrolling in Georgetown College. He graduated with a bachelor of arts degree in 1897, a masters of arts degree in 1898, and a bachelor of laws degree in 1901.1
He was author of “Vendors’ Lien” which was published in the second edition of the American and English Encyclopedia of Law. In 1906, he was appointed Assistant District Attorney2, a position he resigned in 1909 to travel to Paris, France as special assistant to Attorney General Wickersham in the Panama libel proceedings against the New York World and Indianapolis News.3 In 1910 he resigned from public office and entered private practice in New York. In 1931 he was appointed general counsel of Waldorf-Astoria Corporation.
He died in his home on Park Avenue in New York in 1946.4
- 1Georgetown University in the District of Columbia, 1789-1907, its founders, benefactors, officers, instructors and alumni. James Stanislaus Easby-Smith. New York : Lewis, 1907
- 2“Stuart McNamara Honored.: Appointed Assistant to District Attorney Baker, Succeeding C.A. Keigwin”, The Washington Post, 28 Sep 1905
- 3“Stuart McNamara Resigns: Will Go to Paris for Evidence in Panama Libel Case”, The Washington Post, 26 June 1909
- 4Stuart McNamara, Attorney 45 Years: Former Aide to U.S. in Probe of Panama Canal Deal Dies --Partner in Firm Here”, New York Times, 26 Oct 1946
