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A Guide to his Papers in the Modern Political Papers Collections in the Indiana University Libraries

Finding aid prepared by Kate Cruikshank.

Summary Information

Repository
Modern Political Papers Collection, Indiana University Libraries
Herman B Wells Library E460
1320 East Tenth Street
Bloomington, IN 47405-7000
Phone: 812-856-4601
Email: congpprs@indiana.edu
https://libraries.indiana.edu/modern-political-papers

Creator
Rector, John M., 1943-

Title
John M. Rector Papers, 1971-2013

Collection No.
MPP 23

Extent
6.5 linear feet (5 cartons)

Language
Materials are in English.

Abstract
Contains documentation of Rector's career before and after his service as chief counsel for the Senate Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee to Investigate Juvenile Delinquency.

Access Restrictions

There are no access restrictions for this collection. However, it is in offsite storage, thus arrangements for use must be made in advance.

Usage Restrictions

Researchers will be required to sign an agreement to protect third-party privacy with regard to all correspondence. Any literary rights to the papers which he possesses remain with the donor. In order to comply with copyright law, his permission must be obtained for any use beyond conventional academic quotation and citation.

Photocopying and scanning are possible with permission.

Biographical Note

John M. Rector was born in Seattle, Washington in 1943 and was raised in Sacramento and Bakersfield, California. He graduated with honors from Garces Memorial High School in 1961 and from the University of California at Berkeley in 1966 with a degree in criminology. He earned his J.D. degree from the University of California's Hastings College of Law, serving on the editorial board of the Law Journal. In 1968 he was selected for the U.S. Department of Justice Honors Program, where he served first in the Civil Rights Division as a trial attorney and investigator assigned to criminal cases, including the "Algiers Motel" case and the killings at the Jackson State College campus, and later as a legislative specialist in the Office of Legislation.

In early 1971 Rector joined the staff of the Senate Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee to Investigate Juvenile Delinquency as deputy chief counsel. In 1973 he was appointed by the chairman, Senator Birch Bayh, to the position of staff director and chief counsel, working on drug abuse, firearms, and juvenile justice legislation and oversight. He was responsible for initiatives investigating the networks supporting availability and use of illegal drugs and for driving forward legislation establishing a separate juvenile justice system.

In 1977 Rector was confirmed by the Senate to head the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration's Office of Juvenile Justice, tasked with implementing the 1973 Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act in the context of a constant battle for funding. Following his departure from that office in 1979 he served as special counsel to Attorney General Benjamin Civiletti.

In 1980 Rector became Director of Government Affairs for the National Association of Retail Druggists, then served as Senior Vice President for Government Affairs and General Counsel of the renamed National Community Pharmacists Association from 1986 through 2005. In 2006 he was named Senior Vice President and General Counsel, then in 2009 Senior Vice President and Special Counsel. Since 2010 he has served as advisor to the Association of Community Pharmacists Congressional Network.

Scope and Content Note

The collection as received included extensive files generated by Rector's work with the Senate Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee to Investigate Juvenile Delinquency (1971-1977). Those files have been incorporated into the Subcommittee to Investigate Juvenile Delinquency series of the Birch Bayh Senatorial Papers. This collection, the John M. Rector Papers, consists of documentation of his work both before and after that service and some materials of a personal nature relating to his subcommittee work.

Arrangement

Papers are arranged in eight series (folder order indicated in parentheses): Career (chronological), Legislative (alphabetical), Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (alphabetical), National Association of Retail Druggists/National Community Pharmacists Association, Personal (alphabetical), Political (chronological), Speeches and Articles (chronological), and A/V Resources (chronological insofar as possible).

Separated Material

Files documenting the work of the Senate Subcommittee to Investigate Juvenile Delinquency will be found in the series by that name in the Birch Bayh Senatorial Papers, as a separate portion of that series entitled: Chief Counsel's Files (John M. Rector), 1971-1977.

Digital images of photos received with the John M. Rector Papers are accessible online in the John Rector Collection in Image Collections Online at Indiana University.

Related Material

Documents related to Rector's service as chief counsel for the Senate Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee to Investigate Juvenile Delinquency are in the materials for that Subcommittee in the Birch Bayh Congressional Papers.

Preferred Citation

[item and date], [folder title], John M. Rector Papers, Modern Political Papers Collection, Indiana University Libraries, Bloomington.

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