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I wonder if Francis X. Morrissey, Jr., was any relation to this guy:

Whenever I think about [Ted] Kennedy and judges, I think about his support for Boston Municipal Court Judge Francis X. Morrissey. In September of 1965, President Johnson nominated Morrissey as a U. S. District Judge for Massachusetts. Teddy Kennedy was the Congressional sponsor of this turkey.

How bad was Morrissey? He was so bad that Bernard Segal, a spokesman for the American Bar Association, said of him: “From the standpoint of legal training, legal experience and legal ability, we have not had any case where these factors were so lacking - and I say so to my deep regret.” Massachusetts Chief Federal District Court Judge Charles Wyzanski said the “obvious fact” was that “the only discernible ground for the nomination of Judge Morrissey is his service to the Kennedy family.” And the former aide to President Kennedy, Theodore Sorensen, said that Morrissey was a “self-confessed pol” and a “political confidence man.”

What useless people.
Really? And your contributions to society are ........?

Brooke Astor
"Vincent Astor reportedly once told his wife that when he died, she would have "a hell of a good time" giving away his fortune. He died of a heart attack in 1959, and over the next four decades she did indeed give it all away. "Money is like manure," she often said. "It should be spread around."

"Astor gave millions to the Bronx Zoo, International Rescue Committee, the Fresh Air Fund, Lighthouse for the Blind, the Maternity Center Association, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the New York Public Library, among other recipients, large and small. All told, she gave away about $195 million."