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THE PRESIDENT, MR. BRUCE ST. JOHN BLAKE
Mr. Bruce St. John Blake (40), a Galwayman, has been
elected President of the Incorporated Law Society of
Ireland. His father, Mr. Henry St. John Blake, was the
Society's President in 1946/47.
The New President who is a graduate in Arts and Law
of the National University of Ireland from University
College, Galway, was Auditor, Solicitors' Apprentices
Debating Society, 1960/61, and was a founder-member
and first Chairman of the Society of Young Solicitors,
1965/67. He was first elected to the Incorporated Law
Society's Council in 1966 and was senior vice-President
for the past year.
Mr. Blake's wife, Mary Grace, is also a solicitor.
Mr. Joseph Laurence Dundon (36), the Senior Vice-
President, is a son of the former Law Agent of Limerick
Corporation. Mr. Dundon was educated at Clongowes
Wood College and University College, Dublin. He
qualified as a solicitor in 1962, and was appointed a
Notary Public in 1963. He has been practising in
Limerick since 1962, and amalgamated with P. E.
O'Donnell & Son to form the firm of O'Donnell,
Dundon & Co. in 1969. Mr. Dundon was first elected to
the Council of the Law Society in 1967 and is President
of the Limerick City and County Bar Association for
1976/77.
Mr. Walter Beatty (43), the Junior Vice-President, was
educated at Xavier's School, Donnybrook, and obtained
a B.A. Degree in University College, Dublin, in 1953.
He was admitted in Easter Term, 1955, and has been
practising since with the firm of Vincent & Beatty in
Dublin. Mr. Beatty was first elected to the Council in
1967.