Thomas J. Quigley (1905 – 1960) was the Superintendent of Schools in the

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from 1939 - 1955. He is the

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of Quigley Catholic High School. Archbishop John B. McDowell, then Superintendent of Diocesan Schools, at the dedication of Quigley Catholic High School in April, 1968, had this to say about Quigley: :''This extraordinary priest served the diocese, its schools, and the general community as a spiritual leader and an accomplished educator from 1931 until his death in 1960. No man gave so much to education or to the Church as did he.''

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