Tom Currigan Explained

Thomas G. Currigan
Birth Date:8 July 1920
Birth Place:Denver, Colorado
Order:39th
Office:Mayor of Denver
Term Start:1963
Term End:December 31, 1968
Predecessor:Richard Batterton
Successor:William H. McNichols, Jr.
Residence:Amarillo, Texas
Spouse:Frances R. Koetting
(m.1975–2013; her death)[1]
Allegiance: United States
Rank:Captain

Thomas Guida Currigan (July 8, 1920 – December 27, 2014) was Auditor of Denver, Colorado, from 1955 to 1963 and Denver Democratic Party Mayor from 1963 to 1968.[2] [3]

Currigan was the grandson of Martin D. Currigan. He graduated from University of Notre Dame in 1941. He joined the military in 1942 during the World War II era and was discharged as a captain in the United States Air Force in 1946. He worked for Remington Rand Company.[4] He died on December 27, 2014, at a nursing home in Chicago, Illinois, aged 94.[5]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Obituaries: Frances R. "Fran" Currigan . 19 September 2018 . Amarillo Globe-News . April 3, 2013.
  2. Tom McGhee, "Currigan a Denver mayor in 1960s," Denver Post, 31 December 2014, p. 3A.
  3. Web site: History of the Office of the Mayor . City and County of Denver . 1 September 2018.
  4. Web site: 1955-1963: Thomas G. Currigan. Denver Auditor's Office. https://web.archive.org/web/20120206152004/http://www.denvergov.org/Auditor/AboutUsResponsibilitiesandHistory/AboutUsResponsibilitiesandHistory6/tabid/378278/Default.aspx. February 6, 2012.
  5. News: McGhee . Tom . Former Denver Mayor Tom Currigan dies at 94 . 19 September 2018 . The Denver Post . December 30, 2014.