[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 45 (Thursday, March 20, 2003)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E542-E543]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       HONORING JOHN T. CORRIGAN

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                       HON. STEPHANIE TUBBS JONES

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, March 20, 2003

  Mrs. JONES of Ohio. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to give honor to a 
great American, John T. Corrigan, who served 34 years as the Cuyahoga 
County prosecutor in the great State of Ohio. On yesterday, Mr. 
Corrigan died at the Ohio Veterans Home in Sandusky. He was 79.
  He was my predecessor in the Prosecutor's Office. John T. Corrigan 
gave me the opportunity to serve as his assistant. As his assistant, I 
had the opportunity to work with his son, Judge Michael J. Corrigan. 
His support laid the foundation for my future elected public service.
  John T. Corrigan was 33 and a state senator when he was elected in 
1956 to head a county legal staff that was larger than most law firms. 
The County Prosecutor prosecutes criminal cases and serves as county 
counsel for all county officials and county agencies.
  John T. Corrigan was the son of Cleveland policeman John J. Corrigan 
and his wife, Ann, both of whom were from Achill Island, Ireland. John 
T. Corrigan took pride in being an Irish-American. He was also a 
football player at St. Ignatius High School, where he graduated in 
1941.
  He entered John Carroll University, but his college days were 
interrupted by a 39-month stint as an Army infantryman in Europe and 
the Pacific during World War II. In 1951, he graduated from Western 
Reserve University School of Law and joined the Carney & Carney law 
firm.
  John T. Corrigan is survived by his wife, Virginia H.; son, Michael 
of Westlake; daughters, Margaret Gaughen in Cohasset, Mass., Marlene 
Sanford and Martha Costello, both of Olmsted Falls, and Dr. Mary V. of 
Avon Lake; and 11 grandchildren.

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  On behalf of the United States Congress and the people of the 11th 
Congressional District, I extend my sympathies to all of the family and 
friends of John T. Corrigan.

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