He attended Lincoln High School and graduated from Campion Jesuit High School in Prairie Du Chien, Wisconsin. He attended Yale University before enlisting in the armed services.
He was a Navy pilot during WWII and served on the aircraft carrier USS Ticonderoga in the Pacific Fleet. After taking enemy fire during a bombing mission he was missing in action in the Philippines before being picked up by a Navy seaplane.
He was awarded the Navy Cross for his military service. By profession he was a Nebraska lawyer. He served as former President of the Lincoln Council on Alcoholism and former Board Chairman of the National Council on Alcoholism. He was a long time parishioner of the Cathedral of the Risen Christ.
John married Barbara Alice Benjamin on December 26, 1949 in California. The couple had two sons, Timothy J. and Louis R.
His siblings were actors David Fitzgerald Doyle and Mary Doyle McQuiggan.
He attended Lincoln High School and graduated from Campion Jesuit High School in Prairie Du Chien, Wisconsin. He attended Yale University before enlisting in the armed services.
He was a Navy pilot during WWII and served on the aircraft carrier USS Ticonderoga in the Pacific Fleet. After taking enemy fire during a bombing mission he was missing in action in the Philippines before being picked up by a Navy seaplane.
He was awarded the Navy Cross for his military service. By profession he was a Nebraska lawyer. He served as former President of the Lincoln Council on Alcoholism and former Board Chairman of the National Council on Alcoholism. He was a long time parishioner of the Cathedral of the Risen Christ.
John married Barbara Alice Benjamin on December 26, 1949 in California. The couple had two sons, Timothy J. and Louis R.
His siblings were actors David Fitzgerald Doyle and Mary Doyle McQuiggan.
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