[1] He flew over 50 combat missions and for his service during the war was made a Commander of the Order of Oranje-Nassau by the government of the Netherlands.

[2] After law school, O'Connor worked as an associate attorney with Kelley, Drye, Newhall & Marshall from 1947 until 1949.

Dulles selected O'Connor as his administrative assistant, but served for only a few months before losing a special election to Herbert H.

[1] O'Connor then traveled to Germany to provide legal advice to the United States Department of Defense.

[2] In 1969, President Richard Nixon appointed O'Connor as assistant administrator for East Asia operations of the United States Agency for International Development.