Show PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT JAMES JUIES Jl D' I Fifty Pitty y years ago Jimmie Byrne was as wasa asa a a. po poor r bo boy tho the son of oC Irish Immigrants and ono one o of four tour children tod today y James n Byrne rna is a New ew York attorney and nd a fellow n of or Harvard Har university being the first Catholic ever honored with such an office as well as the first outsider out y 14 eider sider to receive the election Heretofore Hero Hero- to Core Bay state 4 residents only have c been elected fellows fel- fel l lows ws lt Byrne was born bornt t In S Sp Springfield p r In Ins g f lo Ie Id M f Mass He graduated graduated graduated from Harvard 4 In 1877 as a classmate classmate classmate class class- mate of ot President A. A Lawrence Lowell Low Low- ell cli cum laude aude with honors In philosophy Phi I Beta Reta I Kanna a nna I tho the first ten pupils etc i H Ho t tutored t d dror for two years then entered the law school taking his degree des In 1882 He went Into the Now New York law office of ot Chamberlain Carter Hornblower and nd soon became a member of ot the firm the name of ot which was later changed to Carter Hornblower Byrne In 1 1933 1853 the tho firm of ot Hornblower Byrne was organized Mr Ir Byrne Brne remaining with this and its successors successors un until n 1007 1907 when he formed formet the of or Byrne McC eon Mr Ir Byrne Is one one of or the old school lawyers Incidentally he lie was the ret ref referee croc cree In In Fritzi divorce case In recent years jears welfare movements and national and local politics have ve claimed of oC his attention In politics he was Tammany anti allied with the independent forces fores or and was ono one of or the tho who elected Seth Low mayor Mayor Low made Mr lr Byrne director of or the University of ot the State of oC New York of which he was recently re-elected re a 0 regent for tor fourteen cars years by a Joint session of the legislature i |