William Brennans life was truly the epitome of the American Dream. He was born in Newark. NJ. on April 25. 1906. the second oldest of the eight children of an Irish immigrant who started as a laborer but rose through the ranks to become an important labor leader and the citys commissioner of public safety. "Everything I am." the justice later wrote. "I am because of my father." He was an outstanding student at Barringer High School in Newark. He then went on to study at the University of Pennsylvanias Wharton School of Finance and Commerce. He was graduated with honors and won a scholarship to the Harvard Law School. from which he received a degree in 1931.
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