An antitrust lawyer : six decades at McCutchen, Doyle, Brown & Enersen, 1932-1992 : oral history transcript / 1993

190 Pages·1993·4.2 MB·English

by  Doyle, Morris M. (Morris MacKnight), 1909-1997. ive

University of California Berkeley

Regional Oral History Office University of California
The Bancroft Library Berkeley, California
Morris M. Doyle
AN ANTITRUST LAWYER: SIX DECADES AT McCUTCHEN, DOYLE,
BROWN & ENERSEN, 1932-1992
With an Introduction by
Burnham Enersen
Interviews Conducted by
Carole Hicke
in 1991-1992
Copyright 1993 by The Regents of the University of California
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It is recommended that this oral history be cited as follows:
Morris M. Doyle, "An Antitrust Lawyer: Six
Decades at McCutchen, Doyle, Brown &
Enersen, 1932-1992," an oral history
conducted in 1991 and 1992 by Carole
Hicke, Regional Oral History Office, The
Bancroft Library, University of
California, Berkeley, 1993.
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Ran Francisco Chronicle
December 19, 1997
Morris Doyle During the ceremony, Mr.
Doyle's many contributions to the
Morris MacKnightDoyle,aSan university for nearly three-quar
Francisco lawyer for more than ters of a century were recognized
halfacentury,diedinhissleeplast by Stanford President Gerhard
Friday morning while he and his Casperandothers.
wifewereonacruiseoffthecoast Those included serving on the
ofMexico. He was88. boardoftrusteesfrom1959to1979,
Mr. Doyle was a descendant of includingthreeyears as president
Robert Morris, one of the signers from 1962 to 1965. He also served
of the Declaration of Indepen formanyyearsasadirectorofthe
dence.For65years,hewasamem Stanford Research Institute and
ber of the San Francisco law firm was for more than 20 years, an
of McCutchen, Doyle, Brown & overseeroftheHooverInstitution.
Enersen.
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litigator and environmental advo counsel, beginning in 1962, and
cate. then joining its board of directors
Mr.DoylewasbornJan.4,1909, in1965.
hi Bishop of Inyo County, the son Mr.Doylewasamemberofthe
of two physicians, Guy Doyle and Bohemian Club and the Pacific
Helen MacKnight Doyle. He at UnionClub.
tended Stanford University,
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HegraduatedfromStanfordin herdeathin 1985.In 1986,hemar
ried Jean Kirkwood Kuhn of San
1929 and went on to Harvard Law
Francisco.
School,obtaininghislawdegreein
1932.HereturnedtoSanFrancisco Inadditiontohiswife,he'issur
and joined one of the city's oldest vived by two children; Barbaanrda
law firms, then calledMcCutchen, Doyle Roupe of Saratoga
Olney, Mannon and Greene. His ThomasMorrisDoyleofHayward; ;
name was added to the name of threestepchildren,RobertC.Kirk-
thefirmin 1958. wood,Jeanie Kirkwood Casey and
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avid fly fisherman and an ardent A. Roupe and Julie Roupe Exley;
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His birthplace and his love of rol Exley III and Virginia Doyle
the natural environment motivat
Exley.
edhimtorepresentMonoandInyo Amemorialservicewillbeheld
countiesinthelandmark1959Cali Mondayat11 a.m. atGraceCathe
fLoorsniAangSeulpersevms.eCCoouunrttycoafseM,oCniot,yoifn dral, 1100 California St. in San
Francisco.
whichitwasheldthatLosAngeles
must pay taxes on its land, hydro
electric plantsand damitowns in
MonoandInyocounties.
Two weeks ago, Stanford pre
sented Mr. Doyle with the rarely
given degree of uncommon man,
honoringhimwithadinneratthe
Palace Hotel, which was attended
byseveralhundredpeople.