TY - BOOK AU - Pennoyer,Robert M. TI - As it was: a memoir SN - 9781632260451 PY - 2015///] CY - Westport, CT PB - Prospecta Press KW - Pennoyer, Robert M., KW - Lawyers KW - United States KW - Biography N1 - Includes index N2 - BIOGRAPHY: GENERAL. "Robert M. Pennoyer was born into a storied family - his maternal grandfather was the legendary J. P. Morgan. His irresistible memoir traces his sheltered childhood on the Gold Coast of Long Island; an adolescence overshadowed by the gathering clouds of World War II; and a young adulthood that survived one of the decisive engagements of the Pacific Theater - Iwo Jima. The author gives us as well a heartwarming account of a romance that blossomed into a lifelong matrimonial partnership and a close family life, tested nonetheless by crisis. And he chronicles a distinguished career, the early part of which was spent in the service of President Eisenhower and the latter part in private law practice and pro bono work ER -