Lincoln and Kennedy

<p>About the Author<br />G. Darrell Russell Jr. is a retired judge of the District Court of Maryland. He now practices law at a reduced pace in a small firm in eastern Baltimore County. He lives in Towson Maryland. Three of his four adult children are nearby. His fourth child Maureen resides in Birmingham Alabama where she runs marathons like her dad. She obtained her graduate degree from South Alabama. Her brother Brendan also went to Alabama at the Tuscaloosa campus. Roll Tide Roll! Russell's other two children Graham and Eileen served their country in the Navy (SEAL program) and AmeriCorps respectively. Russell spent early years as a lacrosse tennis and cross-country coach at his alma mater Loyola University in Maryland. He was the first commissioner of the National Lacrosse League. He has authored several books on law and sports his dual avocations. He is a trustee of his Elks Lodge in Towson.<br />Lincoln and Kennedy: Redux was first written by Russell while a law student at the University of Baltimore. It was entitled Lincoln and Kennedy: Looked at Kindly Together. He rewrote it out of nostalgia for the halcyon Kennedy days of Camelot.</p>