Thomas and Margaret Sullivan

Thomas and Margaret Sullivan
Thomas and Margaret Sullivan, November 17, 1934

About Thomas Sullivan and Margaret Carmody

About Thomas A. Sullivan and Margaret M. Carmody

Thomas Aloysius Sullivan, the oldest child of Alexander Sullivan (1880-1956) and Ellen Madigan (1880-1966) was born in Chicago, Illinois on July 7, 1908. Less than two years later, on February 12, 1910, Margaret Mary Carmody, daughter of Patrick Joseph Carmody (c1878-1949) and Laura Agatha Agnes Desmond (1882-1964) was born. They both grew up on the west side of Chicago and married on Christmas Eve, 1929 at St. Mel Church. Their only son, Thomas Desmond Sullivan, was born in Chicago in 1930. Besides living in Illinois, Tom and Margaret also lived in Wisconsin and Pennsylvania. Margaret died on May 27, 1982. Tom remarried, eventually moving to Venice, Florida where he died on July 11, 1996. For information related to Thomas A. Sullivan prior to marriage go to the Sullivan/Madigan Genealogy Blog.

Sunday, December 12, 2010

Tom's Retirement and Illinois Benedictine College

Excerpt from Thomas A. Sullivan's Memories, March 4, 1994.

Oak Brook and I. B. C.

"During my time in Washington [D.C.] in 1971, Margaret was investigating and decided on Oak Brook, IL, as the place to retire to.  We bought a villa in a community called Chambord and moved there.  I was named to the board of the Oak Brook Chamber of Commerce.

"I had an old friend who lived in Chambord and was chairman of The Board of Governors of Illinois Benedictine College.  He arranged for me to go on the President's staff as a consultant for industry contacts. The college had a doormat industrial training program and I was asked to take it over.  My masters degree from Marquette qualified me to be on the faculty to head up this activity.  We settled on a salary to be held in escrow for the grandchildren's tuition.  John and Bill graduated, Joe attended a couple of years and went to Marquette. The program was very successful for a few years.  It was an evening program tailored for industrial supervisors and carried two credit hours per subject.  However, the proliferation of M. B. A. programs and the lowering of standards began to attract our potential students to other programs.  Margaret died in 1972 and I saw the MBA competition's handwriting on the wall and resigned."

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