Report of the President's Commission on the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy

General Counsel

This section provides the biographical entry for J. Lee Rankin, General Counsel of the Commission. It notes his birth in Hartington, Nebraska, education at the University of Nebraska, legal career, prior government service as Assistant Attorney General (Office of Legal Counsel) and Solicitor General of the United States, and his appointment as General Counsel for the Commission on December 8, 1963, after entering private practice in New York City in 1961.

Assistant Counsel

This section lists the 13 Assistant Counsels for the Commission, with biographical entries for each: Francis W. H. Adams, Joseph A. Ball, David W. Belin, William T. Coleman Jr., Melvin A. Eisenberg, Burt W. Griffin, Leon D. Hubert Jr., Albert E. Jenner Jr., Wesley J. Liebeler, Norman Redlich, W. David Slawson, Arlen Specter, and Samuel A. Stern. Entries include details on their birth dates, educational backgrounds, legal careers, and relevant professional qualifications and experience.

Staff Members

This section lists key Commission staff members, with biographical entries for three individuals: Philip Barson, a certified public accountant and Internal Revenue Service special agent/group supervisor based in Philadelphia; Edward A. Conroy, an Internal Revenue Service senior inspector based in Washington, D.C.; and John Hart Ely, a 1963 magna cum laude graduate of Yale Law School who was scheduled to serve as a law clerk to Chief Justice Warren during the 1964-65 term.

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This section opens with biographical profiles of nine key commission staff and supporting personnel, including senior historians, legal clerks, and administrative experts, outlining their educational credentials, professional experience in government, law, and historical research, and the specific roles they fulfilled in support of the commission’s work, much of which was carried out with the assistance of Agent in Charge Sorrels and his office. It then includes formal acknowledgments of the extensive support provided by U.S. Department of Justice attorneys, legal staff, and administrative workers across the country, with special recognition given to U.S. Attorney Harold Barefoot Sanders Jr. and his assistant Martha Joe Stroud for their diligent contributions in the Northern District of Texas. The section concludes with Appendix V, a full alphabetical listing of the 552 individuals who provided testimony to the commission, with each entry noting whether the witness testified in person before the commission, provided a deposition, or submitted an affidavit or statement, alongside brief descriptions of the witness’s relevant background and citations to the specific volumes of the commission’s published record where their testimony appears.