 McNamara (June 9, 1936 – December 2, 2014), was a Louisiana state representative from 1976 to 1980 and United States District Judge of the New Orleans-based United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana.McNamara, a son of Henry D. and Ruby (née Price) McNamara, graduated in 1954 from the Roman Catholic Jesuit High School in his native New Orleans, Louisiana.In 1959, he received a Bachelor of Science degree in engineering from Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge.