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).
Restrictions
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.
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.
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
[item and date], [folder title], John M. Rector Papers, Modern Political Papers Collection, Indiana University Libraries, Bloomington.
Acquisition Information
Gift, 2015.
Processing Information
Processed by Kate Cruikshank.
Completed in 2018.
Collection Inventory
Series:
Career , 1970-2014
Box 1
Department of Justice Civil Rights Division (Jerris Leonard) , 1970-2012
Box 1
Subcommittee to Investigate Juvenile Delinquency , 1971-1977
Box 3
Subcommittee to Investigate Juvenile Delinquency (Oversize) , 1971-1977
Box 1
Subcommittee to Investigate Juvenile Delinquency - Chief Counsel Appointment , 1973-1974
Box 1
Subcommittee to Investigate Juvenile Delinquency - Contacts , 1971-1977
Box 1
Subcommittee to Investigate Juvenile Delinquency - Phone Messages and Contacts (1) , 1971-1977
Box 1
Subcommittee to Investigate Juvenile Delinquency - Phone Messages and Contacts (2) , 1971-1977
Box 1
Subcommittee to Investigate Juvenile Delinquency - Phone Messages and Contacts (3) , 1971-1977
Box 4
Subcommittee to Investigate Juvenile Delinquency - Office Wall Posters , 1971-1977
Box 1
Subcommittee to Investigate Juvenile Delinquency - Working Notes , 1971-1977
Box 3
Committees in Congress - Press Coverage, (Oversize) , 1975
Box 1
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention , 1977-1979
Box 1
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention - Director Appointment , 1977
Box 1
National Association of Retail Druggists/National Community Pharmacists Association , 1984
Box 1
Tributes and Awards , 1975-2003
Series:
Legislative , 1969-2013
Box 3
Aged Community Action (Oversize) , 1974
Box 1
"Challenge for the Third Century: Education in a Safe Environment - Final Report on the Nature and Prevention of School Violence and Vandalism" , 1977 Feb
Box 1
Consumer Protection , 1974
Box 1
Correspondence - Congressional , 1969
Box 1
Drugs - Rescheduling of Methaqualone - Report , 1983 Nov
Box 1
Gun Control - "Proposed Changes in Federal Gun Controls: Comparative Analysis of Major Provisions of the Kennedy-Rodino Bill (96th Congress), the McClure-Volkmer Bill (96th Congress), and the Bayh Bill (94th Congress)" (Congressional Research Service) , 1980 Jul 1
Box 1
Health Maintenance Organization Act of 1973 - Memo , 1974 Jan
Box 1
Juvenile Incarceration , 1978-1980
Box 1
Juvenile Justice , 2007-2008
Box 1
Juvenile Justice - Press Coverage , 1976-1978
Box 1
Juvenile Justice Act Cornerstone: Continuation Funding; A Report of the Subcommittee on the Constitution , 1980 Nov
Box 1
Juvenile Justice Amendments of 1977 - Presidential Signing , 1977 Oct
Box 3
Medicare and Medicaid - Nixon Budget Cuts - Bayh Floor Statement(Oversize) , 1973 Apr 18
Box 1
Nursing - Impact of the Nixon Budget Cuts , 1973-1974
Box 1
Public Health - Health Insurance - Memo , 1974
Box 3
Public Health - Working File (Oversize) , 1973-1974
Box 1
Public Health Service Act Extension (S. 1136) , 1973-1974
Box 1
Restitution Programs , 1981
Box 1
Youth Employment Programs , 1980
Series:
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention , 1975-1987
Box 3
Americans for Democratic Action - Convention , 1975-1976
Box 1
Little Sisters and the Law , 1977
Box 3
Change: A Juvenile Justice Quarterly , 1977-1979
Box 1
Contact Lists , 1977-1979
Box 3
Contact Lists (Oversize) , 1977-1979
Box 4
Contacts - Cards (Box 1) , 1977-1979
Box 4
Contacts - Cards (Box 2) , 1977-1979
Box 4
Contacts - Rolodex file A-L , 1977-1979
Box 4
Contacts - Rolodex file M-Z , 1977-1979
Box 1
Correspondence , 1977-1980
Box 1
Delegation of Authority to Administrator, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention , 1977-1978
Box 1
Handbook: LEAA Guidelines , 1975
Box 1
Handbook: Legislative Recommendations - National Conference of Criminal Justice Planning Administrators , 1976
Box 1
Handbook: Overview Status Reports , 1977
Box 1
Handbook: Region 1 Reports , 1977
Box 1
Handbook: Region 2 Reports , 1977
Box 1
Handbook: Region 3 Reports , 1977
Box 1
Handbook: Region 4 Reports , 1977
Box 1
Handbook: Region 5 Reports , 1977
Box 1
Handbook: Region 6 Reports , 1977
Box 1
Handbook: Region 7 Reports , 1977
Box 1
Handbook: Region 8 Reports , 1977
Box 1
Handbook: Region 9 Reports , 1977
Box 1
Handbook: Region 10 Reports , 1977
Box 1
An Investigation by Children of the Inappropriate Incarceration of Children: Report of the Subcommittee on the Constitution , 1980 Oct
Box 1
Juvenile Detention , 1977-1978
Box 1
Juvenile Facilities - The Villages (Karl Menninger) , 1977
Box 1
"Juvenile Justice from Hammurabi to John Rector" Update on Law-Related Education , Spring 1979 , 1979
Box 1
Juvenile Justice Standards Project , 1977-1979
Box 1
Law-Related Education Funding , 1979 Jan
Box 1
LEAA Funding for Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act - "Maintenance of Effort" , 1978
Box 1
National Council of Negro Women - Policies and Procedures (Operation Sisters United) , 1980 Jul
Box 1
National Symposium on Child Placement, Nashville, TN, Oct 31-Nov 2 , 1978 Oct 31-Nov 2
Box 1
Oversight Hearing on the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act…before the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity, House Committee on Education and Labor , 1978 Jun 27
Box 1
Oversight Hearing on the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act…before the Subcommittee on Human Resources, House Committee on Education and Labor , 1979 Mar 20
Box 4
Special Report: The Juvenile Justice System - Multimedia Kit , 1979
Box 1
Special Report: The Juvenile Justice System - Program Guide , 1979
Series:
National Association of Retail Druggists/National Community Pharmacists Association , 1974-2014
Box 1
Correspondence , 1986-2014
Box 4
Pharmacy Crime (audiocassette) - News Center 4 Topic A NBC, 6:50 p.m., NY , 1974 Oct 31
Box 1
Pharmacy Robberies , 1976-1980
Box 1
Pharmacy Robberies , 1981
Box 1
Pharmacy Robberies , 1982
Box 1
Pharmacy Robberies , 1983
Box 1
Pharmacy Robberies , 1984
Series:
Personal , 1971-2013
Box 1
Birch Bayh Staff List , 1980 Dec
Box 1
Capt. Quaalude T-Shirt [photo; T-shirt is in Box 4.] , 1973
Box 1
Congressional Debate (spoof) , 1978
Box 1
Correspondence , 1974-2013
Box 1
Gag Gift - Opium Hearings , 1975 Mar
Box 1
Marvella Bayh - Cancer , 1973-1974
Box 1
Subcommittee to Investigate Juvenile Delinquency , 1971-1977
Box 1
Tributes to Bayh ( Congressional Record ) , 1980
Series:
Political , 1971-2008
Box 3
Bayh Newsletters (Oversize) , 1971
Box 3
Birch Bayh (Oversize) , 1973-1974
Box 3
Campaign 1972: President (Oversize) , 1971
Box 3
Campaign 1974 (Oversize) , 1974
Box 1
Campaign 1974 - Bayh Legislative Record , 1971-1974
Box 3
Campaign 1974 - Bayh Legislative Record (Oversize) , 1971
Box 1
Campaign 1974 - Materials , 1974
Box 1
Campaign 1976: President , 1971-1975
Box 1
Campaign 1976: President , 1976
Box 3
Campaign 1976: President (Oversize) , 1976
Box 3
Campaign 1976: President - Positions (Oversize) , 1975
Box 3
Campaign 1976: President - Press Coverage (Oversize) , 1975-1976
Box 1
Campaign 1976: President - Travel Schedules , 1975
Box 1
Campaign 1980 , 1977-1980
Box 1
Carter Campaign , 1972-1975
Box 3
Carter Campaign , 1976 Jan-Aug
Box 3
Carter Campaign , 1976 Sep-Dec
Box 3
Carter Election (Oversize) , 1976-1977
Box 1
Carter-Mondale Transition , 1976 Nov
Box 3
Carter Presidency , 1977-1978
Box 1
Gerald Ford Pardon of Richard Nixon , 1974
Box 3
Indiana (Oversize) , 1972-1974
Box 1
National - Miscellaneous Statistics , 1976-2008
Box 3
Nixon Administration - Press Coverage (Oversize) , 1971-1974
Box 3
Nixon Administration - Special Prosecutor (Oversize) , 1973
Box 1
Rector - Issues Role (Schedules) , 1972-1977
Series:
Speeches and Articles , 1968-1980
Box 1
Article - "Sovereign Liability for Defective or Dangerous Plan of Design - California Government Code §830.6," Hastings Law Journal, Vol. 19 , 1968 Jan
Box 3
Speech - National Drug Abuse Conference, Chicago (Oversize) , 1974 Mar 10
Box 1
Statement … before the California Assembly Committee on Criminal Justice, "The Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (P.L. 93-415)" , 1974 Oct 25
Box 3
Speech - "School Violence and Vandalism: A Congressional Perspective," National Association of School Security Directors, Seattle (Oversize) , 1975 Jul 16
Box 3
Article - "Juvenile Justice: A Congressional Priority," Judicature , Vol. 61, No. 1, June-July 1977 (Oversize) , 1977 May-Jul
Box 1
Statement before Senate Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee to Investigate Juvenile Delinquency Concerning Implementation of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act" , 1977 Sep 27
Box 1
Article - "New Directions for Juvenile Justice," Ohio State Law Journal , Vol. 39, No. 2 (with Richard Van Duizend) , 1978
Box 1
Speech - [unidentified but apparently at a conference] , 1978
Box 1
Statement before Senate Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee to Investigate Juvenile Delinquency Concerning Violent Juvenile Crime , 1978 Apr 12
Box 1
Statement before House Committee on Education and Labor's Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity Concerning School Violence and Vandalism , 1978 Jan 24
Box 1
Statement Concerning Incarcerated Children, Children's Embassy , 1978 Mar 28
Box 1
Speech - "Federal Youth Policy: A Foundation," National Youth Workers Conference '78 , 1978 Jun 7
Box 1
Article - Foreword and "Justice for Young Women," for "Today's Girls: Tomorrow's Women: A National Seminar" (Girls Clubs of America) , 1978 Jun
Box 1
Statement befoe House Committee on Education and Labor's Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity Concerning Implementation of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act , 1978 Jun 27
Box 1
Testimony on Abuse of Children in Institutions, CHANGE: A Juvenile Justice Quarterly , Vol. 2, No. 2, p. 3 , 1978
Box 1
Speech - "Violent Crime: Justice for the Juvenile and the Public," Juvenile Justice Forum , 1979 Jan 4
Box 1
Article - "People v. Juvenile Justice: The Jury is Out" Trial , Vol. 15, No. 1 , 1979 Jan 4
Box 1
Article - "Children in Our Custody: Our Continuing National Scandal" IES Prison Law Monitor , Vol. 2, No. 1 , 1979 Jun
Box 1
Article - "Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention - A Quest for Authority" Juvenile Justice Digest , Vol. 8, No. 7 , 1980 Apr 4
Box 1
Article - "Overview: the Ups and Downs of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Fundflow Seesaw" Juvenile Justice Digest , Vol. 8, No. 11 , 1980 Jun 13
Box 1
Article - "Juveniles in Jail: 1980" Juvenile Justice Digest , Vol. 8, No. 17 , 1980 Jul 11
Box 1
Articles and Speeches - Quotations , 1971-1977
Box 3
Articles and Speeches - Working Notes (1) (Oversize) , 1973-1978
Box 3
Articles and Speeches - Working Notes (2) (Oversize) , 1973-1978
Box 3
Articles and Speeches - Working Notes (3) (Oversize) , 1973-1978
Box 3
Articles and Speeches - Working Notes (4) (Oversize) , 1973-1978
Series:
A/V Resources , 1972-1977
Subseries:
Audio Resources , 1972-1974
Box 4
Hearings on Runaway Youth, 3 open 3" reels , 1972 Jan 13-14
Box 4
Dem v. Rep, RFK Stadium, open 3" reel, undated
Box 4
RFK (Tom), open 3" reel, undated
Box 4
WMAL Radio 63, Washington, DC: Background #246 - Methaqualone, open 5" reel, 7:34 minutes, 7.5 ips , 1973 Apr 23
Box 4
News Center 4 NBC New York, Topic A: Pharmacy Crime, audiocassette , 1974 Oct 31
Subseries:
Visuals: Photographic Prints, Negatives and Slides , 1972-1980
Box 2
Photos: Birch Bayh , 1972-1978
Box 2
Photos: Events , 1973-1981
Box 2
Photos: Hearings - Juvenile Delinquency , 1971
Box 2
Photos: Hearings - Barbiturates , 1971-1972
Box 2
Photos: Hearing - Amphetamines , 1972 Feb 7
Box 2
Photos: Hearings - Methadone Use and Abuse , 1973 Feb
Box 2
Photos: Hearing - Methaqualone (Quaalude, Sopors) , 1973 Mar 28
Box 2
Photos: Hearing - Psychotropic Substances Act of 1973 , 1974 Feb 25
Box 2
Photos: Hearing - Drug Abuse and the Pharmacist , 1974 Mar 28
Box 2
Photos: Hearing - Decriminalization of Marijuana , 1975 May 14
Box 2
Photos: Hearing - Handgun Control , 1975 Jul 22
Box 2
Photos: Hearings - School Violence , 1975
Box 2
Photos: Hearings - Unidentified , 1971-1977
Box 2
Photos: Career - Subcommittee to Investigate Juvenile Delinquency , 1971-1977
Box 2
Photos: Career - Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention - Appointment , 1977
Box 2
Photos: Additions Folder, undated
Box 4
Prints negatives (JMR195 through JMR305)
Box 4
Slides (JMR128 through JMR194)