James Fox Hanrahan (September 14, 1923 – May 31, 2006) founded the St. Thomas More School in Oakdale, Connecticut in 1962 and served as the school's Headmaster until 1997 and Chancellor thereafter. Before founding the St. Thomas More School he was the 3rd men's college basketball head coach of the

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Stags from 1950 to 1958 while teaching at the

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. He was inducted into the Fairfield University Athletics Hall of Fame in 1993. Jim was a high school basketball star at Crosby High School in

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. After high school he spent seven years at St. Mary's Seminary in

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studying to become a

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Priest before enrolling at

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and graduating in 1947. He attended

on a basketball scholarship, however, his athletic career was cut short by an ankle break after just three games. He earned a master's degree from

in 1952.

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