Boss McCooey served as chair of the Kings County Democratic Party from 1910 until his death in 1934; significant to Al Smith and Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
[1] Richard married Karen Marie Magnier McCooey in 1990 at Holy Trinity Catholic Church, their parish, located one block from the 1789, Tombs and Georgetown University on 36th Street.
[1] In 1962, with support of the university which owned the land, Richard realized his dream, opening a restaurant named 1789 and a student rathskeller in the basement called The Tombs.
There were 3 reasons why Richard came up with the name 1789: John Carroll, founded Georgetown in 1789, the first Catholic and Jesuit institution of higher learning in the United States.
During his service in the Air Force, Richard’s nickname was “Bustopher Cat.”[1] 1789 is decorated with original antiques in an upscale and classic “Old Georgetown” setting.
Don Cadle was a coach at Georgetown and a key to the team's success when the program was revived half a century ago.
A Rhodes Scholar and former Balliol College Boat Club rower at Oxford, Don Cadle came to Washington, D.C., to serve as a NASA official.
Cadle led the Hoyas to tremendous success on the water and instilled in the team traditions that continue to this day.
F,[1] a distant cousin of Francis Scott Key, a Georgetowner famed for writing the national anthem, "The Star-Spangled Banner".
Long, and the president of Washington Boat Lines, Willem Polak, had received a $225,000 loan from the National Trust for Historic Preservation to buy and restore the 50-year-old yacht, the Williamsburg, now in poor condition at a Philadelphia dock.
In its heyday, the Williamsburg was used extensively by Harry Truman and briefly by Dwight Eisenhower, Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin.
The serene, white-tablecloth setting remains a frequent spot for fine dining for the Washington crowd, including Former President Barack Obama's dinner with German chancellor Angela Merkel.
[1] Clyde’s was Persona Studios first client and Richard remained heavily involved in the design of their restaurants as they expanded.
[6] Over the next 20 years, Richard and Karen's Persona Studios developed a long list of design clients all across the country with some outside the US such as The Polo Club dining room at the Moscow Marriott Royal Aurora Hotel.
Established in 1951, the John Carroll Award is conferred upon alumni whose achievements and record of service exemplify the ideals and traditions of Georgetown and its founder.