
(AGENPARL) – STANFORD (CA) lun 08 maggio 2023
This obituary was published on the The Natural Funeral website.
John “JD” MacFarlane was born in Pueblo, CO on October 4, 1933 and passed away in Denver on February 16, 2023. He is survived by his wife of 60 years, Janet, his three children Jennifer, John, and Andrew, and seven grandchildren.
JD was a leader and devoted public servant for his entire career. He represented Pueblo in the Colorado General Assembly, was elected the 33rd Colorado Attorney General in 1974, serving two terms (1975-83), and later served as Manager of Safety for the City of Denver. Current Attorney General Phil Weiser offered this statement on his passing:
“J.D. MacFarlane was a path-making leader in Colorado. As attorney general, he invented the idea that the Colorado attorney general should serve as the People’s Lawyer, and he built the modern Colorado Department of Law. He attracted an incredibly talented team, recruited diverse lawyers, and appointed some of the first women to serve in senior positions at the department – including Jean Dubofsky and Mary Mullarkey, who went on to serve as Colorado Supreme Court Justices. J.D. also mentored generations of public servants, including myself, and set a standard of excellence that we will continue to strive to meet. His memory will live on as a blessing.”
Fonte/Source: https://law.stanford.edu/stanford-lawyer/articles/john-jd-macfarlane-jd-62-1933-2023/