Edward Francis Harrington

Edward Francis Harrington (born September 16, 1933) is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts. Early life and education Harrington was born in Fall River, Massachusetts. He graduated from Sacred Heart Grammar School in 1947, from B.M.C. Durfee High School in 1951 with high honors. He was the recipient of Durfee High School's Distinguished Alumni Award in 1995. His grandfather, Edward F. Harrington was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives. His father, John J. Harrington, taught at B.M.C. Durfee High School for over forty years (1929-1970). His mother, Elizabeth C. (Tolan) Harrington, was a grammar school teacher (1923-1932; 1956-1970). His brother John T. Harrington, M.D. was a nephrologist at Tufts Medical Center and Dean of Tufts University School of Medicine. His brother Daniel T. Harrington, M.D. was a sole practitioner, specializing in gastroenterology in Fall River, Massachusetts. He had served as a medical officer in the United States Navy aboard vessels of the Sixth Fleet. Harrington graduated cum laude with an Artium Baccalaureus from College of the Holy Cross in 1955 and with a Juris Doctor from Boston College Law School in 1960. At Holy Cross, Harrington was a member of the Naval ROTC. At Boston College Law School, he was on the Dean's List and a member of the Law Review. He became a member of the Massachusetts Bar in 1960. He served on active duty in the United States Navy from 1955 to 1957 on destroyer escorts as the gunnery officer, and was a Lieutenant Junior Grade. He was in the United States Navy Reserve from 1957 to 1972. He was a law clerk to the Honorable Paul C. Reardon, Chief Justice of the Massachusetts Superior Court from 1960 to 1961.