Emon Armstrong Mahony Jr. was born in El Dorado, Union County, Arkansas, on May 5, 1941.
Mahony received a B.A. in English and a J.D . from Tulane University and earned a Master of Laws at Stanford University.
Mahony returned to Arkansas to practice law before going to Washington, DC , as senior a ide for Se nator John McClellan in 1968. Mahony then became chairman of Arkansas Oklahoma Gas Corp oration from 1977 to 1996 . In 1978 Governor David Pryor appointed Mahony to the Arkansas Soil and Water Conservation Commission , where he served for seven years . In 2007 he was named trustee of the Arkansas Nature Conservancy . In 2009 Governor Mike Beebe appointed Mahony to the Arkans as Game and Fish Commission , where he served until 2016 . He h as served as president of Mahon y Corporation since 1996.
#1: Composite image of early photo of Emon A. Mahony Jr. and still frame from Pryor Center video interview
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#2: Emon A. Mahony Jr.'s great-uncle, Emon Mahony, with his wife, Pattie Wright Mahony; married January 27, 1898; Emon Mahony was the first attorney in the family
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#3: Letter from E. O. Mahony regarding his candidacy for reelection to the office of county and probate judge of Union County; Mahony & Chew Lawyers letterhead, March 8, 1902
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#4: Joseph Kirby Mahony, grandfather of Emon A. Mahony Jr.
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#5: Portrait of Roberta Armstrong Mahony (1885-1937), wife of Joseph Kirby Mahony (1884-1967) and grandmother of Emon Armstrong Mahony Jr.
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#6: Family record for Abraham Kendrick, paternal great-great-grandfather of Emon A. Mahony Jr.
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#7: Document pertaining to Armstrong-Davis family records, the family of Emon A. Mahony Jr.'s paternal grandmother, Roberta Armstrong Mahony
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#8: Resolution adopted at a meeting of the Union County Bar Association in memory of Judge Emon O. Mahony (1874-1920), paternal granduncle of Emon A. Mahony Jr.; September 6, 1920
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#9: Exterior of Emon A. Mahoney Sr.'s second-grade report card from El Dorado City School; signed by his mother, Mrs. J. K. Mahony, 1920-1921
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#10: Interior of Emon A. Mahoney Sr.'s second-grade report card from El Dorado City School, 1920-1921
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#11: Invitation to the President's Day Celebration at Roosevelt Stadium in Fair Park, Little Rock, Arkansas, 1936
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#12: An invitation to dinner with President Franklin D. Roosevelt and first lady Eleanor Roosevelt at Couchwood, the Hot Springs home of Harvey C. Couch, chairman of the Arkansas Centennial Celebration; June 10, 1936
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#13: Portrait of brothers, Joseph "Jodie" and Emon A. Mahony Jr., ca. 1942
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#14: Mike, Jodie, and Emon A. Mahony Jr., on the beach, ca. 1949
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#15: Emon A. Mahony Jr.'s brother, Mike Mahony
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#16: Portrait of Emon A. Mahony Jr.'s wife, Kay Jobe Mahony, ca. 1956
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#17: Emon A. Mahony Jr. (center) with (from left) George Lawrence, Mark Conway, Ben Gracy, and Mike Alexander; freshman year at Georgetown University
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#18: Four generations: (from left) Emon A. Mahony Jr.; grandfather, Joseph Kirby Mahony; nephew, Joseph K. Mahony III; father, Emon A. Mahony Sr.; June 1965
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#19: Emon A. Mahony Jr.'s grandfather, Joseph Kirby Mahony, in his office
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#20: Emon A. Mahony Jr.'s grandfather, Joseph Kirby Mahony, at the family farm near El Dorado, Arkansas, ca. 1966
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#21: Western Union telegram from US Senator John L. McClellan to Emon A. Mahony Jr. congratulating his family on their 76th year of continuous law practice, March 17, 1971
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#22: Plaque commemorating Mahony and Yocum for 100 years of excellence in the practice of law with a biography of Judge Emon Ossian Mahony
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#23: Plaque commemorating Mahony and Yocum for 100 years of excellence in the practice of law with a with biography of Joseph Kirby Mahony
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#24: Portrait of Emon A. Mahony Jr.
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#25: Back row: Richard Griffin, Bill Dooly; front row: Emon A. Mahony Jr., Rodney Slater, Tim Hutchinson, John Womack, Strib Boynton
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#26: From left: brothers, Mike Mahony, Emon A. Mahony Jr., and Jodie Mahony, with their father, Emon A. Mahony Sr., and Jodie's son, Michael Emon Mahony
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#27: Emon A. Mahony Jr. speaking at a gas conference in Oklahoma City, 1993
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#28: From left: Emon A. Mahony Jr., Hillary Clinton, President Bill Clinton, and Kay Mahony at the White House
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#29: Emon A. Mahony Jr. (center) and wife, Kay, with Dale Bumpers
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#30: Jim Kelly, Mike Mahony (in green shirt), Warren Simpson, Emon A. Mahony Jr. (center), Madison Murphy, Witt Stephens, and Bobby Raney; near Stuttgart, Arkansas, duck season 1996-97
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#31: From left: Fred Brown, Mrs. Harriman, RIck Watkins, Emon and Kay Mahony, and Morril Harriman on a hunting trip
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#32: Emon A. Mahony Jr. with his granddaughter, Chelsea Clay, on her first deer hunt
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#33: Transition team of Governor Mike Beebe: (from left) Morril Harriman, Don Nelms, Senator Joyce Elliot, Governor Mike Beebe, Ark Monroe, Emon A. Mahony Jr.; November 2006
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#34: Emon A. Mahony Jr. (3rd from left) with members of the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, 2010
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#35: Emon A. Mahony, Jr. Arkansas Game and Fish Commissioner, 2010
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#36: Emon A. Mahony Jr. with Governor Mike Beebe
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#37: Emon A. Mahony Jr. dedicates the Lake Fort Smith Water Supply
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#38: Emon A. Mahony Jr. and his wife, Kay, after a turkey hunt; April 3, 2011
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#39: Behind-the-scenes photo from Pryor Center interview with Emon A. Mahony Jr.; El Dorado, Arkansas, 2011
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#40: Behind-the-scenes photo from Pryor Center interview with Emon A. Mahony Jr.; El Dorado, Arkansas, 2011
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#41: Behind-the-scenes photo from Pryor Center interview with Emon A. Mahony Jr.; El Dorado, Arkansas, 2011
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#42: Still frame from Pryor Center video interview with Emon A. Mahony Jr.; El Dorado, Arkansas, 2011
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#43: Still frame from Pryor Center video interview with Emon A. Mahony Jr.; El Dorado, Arkansas, 2011
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#44: Still frame from Pryor Center video interview with Emon A. Mahony Jr.; El Dorado, Arkansas, 2011
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