Timothy Galvin

Timothy Galvin
Born(1894-08-07)August 7, 1894
Pierceton, Indiana
DiedJanuary 27, 1993(1993-01-27) (aged 98)
Years active1945-1949
Title14th Deputy Supreme Knight of the Knights of Columbus
PredecessorJohn E. Swift
SuccessorWilliam J. Mulligan
SpouseMary Graziella Chevigny
Children3

Timothy Patrick Galvin (August 7, 1894 – January 27, 1993)[1] was a lawyer and Deputy Supreme Knight of the Knights of Columbus.[2][3][4]

Personal life

Galvin was born in Pierceton, Indiana on August 7, 1894.[5] He later settled in Hammond, Indiana after beginning his law career.[6][5] He enlisted in the United States Army on March 2, 1918 and became a ordnance sergeant.[7] During World War I, after serving as a Knights of Columbus secretary at Camp Greene in North Carolina, he joined the American Expeditionary Forces in July 1918, and returned a year later.[5][8]

Galvin married Mary Graziella Chevigny, who predeceased him in 1947, and together they had a daughter and two sons, Mary Anne, Timothy P., Jr., and Patrick Joseph.[8][5] Both sons attended Notre Dame.[8][5] He had a brother, Francis Joseph Galvin, Sr., with whom he had a law practice, another brother, Edward, and two sisters, Nell and Catherine.[9]

Early career

Notre Dame

Galvin was a member of the Class of 1916 at the University of Notre Dame.[10][8][11] As a student, he was an editor of the Notre Dame Dome[12] and was on the debate team.[13]

In the 1930s, Galvin was president of the Notre Dame Alumni Association.[14][8][5] Beginning in 1946, he served as a University lay trustee.[15][8]

Career

Galvin began his law career in the office of the Daniel E. Celly in Valparaiso in September 1916 before moving his practice to Hammond in 1923.[5][8] There he was a partner in the firm of Tinkam and Galvin.[5] He was a senior partner at the law firm of Galvin, Galvin and Leeney[8] (established 1934) with his brother, Francis, and Edmond J. Leeney.[9][5] Prior to this, he was a member of the firm of Tinkham & Galvin.[16] As an attorney, Galvin was admitted to the Supreme Court of the United States bar on November 18, 1943.[17]

Galvin was a president of the Hammond Chamber of Commerce, a director of the Mercantile National Bank of Hammond, and of the Citizens Federal Savings and Loan Association of Hammond.[5][18]

Later career

Knights of Columbus

He joined the Knights when he turned 18,[18] and became grand knight of Valparaiso Council before becoming a district deputy in the area.[5] Galvin was state deputy of Indiana from 1925 to 1928.[5][8][19][20][21] Galvin was first elected to the Supreme Board in 1933 and served as Supreme Master of the Fourth Degree of the Knights from 1941 to 1945.[18][5][22][8][14] In 1945 he was elected Deputy Supreme Knight[23][5] and resigned from that post and from the Board of Directors in 1949.[24][8]

Galvin was elected Deputy Supreme Knight during a power struggle for control of the Order between his close personal friend and future Supreme Knight, Luke E. Hart,[25] and the then-Supreme Knight, Francis P. Matthews.[26] Over several years, Supreme Advocate Hart had orchestrated the election of directors who had a different vision for the future of the Order than Matthews.[26]

Matthews opposed having a convention in 1945 to preserve hotel space for returning WWII soldiers, but a convention was called anyway in the expectation that something could be worked out.[23] The convention assembled in Montreal but, upon determining that a convention there would not be feasible, they adjourned to Plattsburgh, New York.[23] Matthews felt such an action was illegal, declared himself not a candidate, and Hart's slate of officers were all elected, including Galvin and Supreme Knight John E. Swift.[23]

In recognition of his service to the church, he was made a Knight of the Pontifical Equestrian Order of St. Gregory the Great, one of the five Orders of Knighthood of the Holy See, by Pope Pius XII in 1942.[5][8][27] The Timothy P. Galvin K.S.G. Outstanding Catholic Layman Award is awarded each year by the Indiana State Council in his honor.[19]

As Deputy Supreme Knight during World War II, he argued that the United States was "fighting to uphold the doctrine at all men are created equal in the sight of God."[28]

Volunteer work

Galvin also served on the board of the Gibault School for Boys, an institution established by the Indiana Knights, for several decades, and as a trustee of Our Sunday Visitor.[8] He was also on the Lay Advisory Board of St. Joseph’s College, Calumet Center, and served as a Trustee of All Saints Parish, Hammond.[8][5]

Galvin was the first commander of the Charles Pratt Post of the American Legion in Valparaiso.[5] During the Second World War, Galvin was a member of Lake County's Selective Service Board No. 4.[5] He also was a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks[5] was active with the American Legion.[8]

In 1957, B'nai B'rith of Hammond honored Galvin as the outstanding citizen of that city.[8][5]

References

  1. ^ "Timothy P Galvin (1894 - 1993)". Ancient Faces. Retrieved February 24, 2018.
  2. ^ "Fr. J. Cavanaugh First in K. of C. Speaker Series" (PDF). The Notre Dame Scholastic. October 30, 1953. p. 33. Retrieved February 23, 2018.
  3. ^ "Catholic Hospital Confab in Hammond". The Hammond Times. Vol. XXX, no. 104. Hammond, Indiana. October 18, 1935. Retrieved February 6, 2018.
  4. ^ Kauffman, Christopher J. (1982). Faith and Fraternalism. Harper and Row. p. 357. ISBN 978-0-06-014940-6.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t "B'NAI B'RITH CHOICE". The Hammond Times. November 6, 1957. p. 15. Retrieved February 24, 2018.
  6. ^ "Gus J. Strauss Elected Supreme Warden Of K. of C." Shiner Gazette. Shiner, Texas. August 26, 1943. p. 1. Retrieved February 23, 2018.
  7. ^ "U.S. Veterans Bureau Form 7202 Index Card", "United States Government, Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940" database, National Archives and Records Administration, St. Louis, Missouri, available through FamilySearch. Note: unit listed on 7202 Index Card is "Hob Cas Co #926".
  8. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p "New Trustees of O.S.V." Our Sunday Visitor. December 28, 1958. p. 9. Retrieved February 23, 2018.
  9. ^ a b "Francis Joseph Galvin, Sr". May 14, 1995. Retrieved February 23, 2018.
  10. ^ "1916" (PDF). Notre Dame Alumnus. No. February–March 1962. The Archives of The University of Notre Dame. p. 30. Retrieved February 23, 2018.
  11. ^ Martin, Paul R. (May 1931). "Chicago Meeting of Catholic Alumni Federation". N.C.W.C. Review. Vol. XII, no. 5. p. 11. Retrieved February 23, 2018.
  12. ^ "Dome Work in Full Swing" (PDF). The Notre Dame Scholastic. Vol. 74, no. 15. University of Notre Dame. February 14, 1941. p. 21. Retrieved February 23, 2018.
  13. ^ "timothy+galvin"------ "Timothy Galvin wins first debate at N.D." South Bend News-Times. Vol. 32, no. 83. South Bend, St. Joseph County, Indiana. March 24, 1915. Retrieved February 23, 2018.
  14. ^ a b "Seniors to Appear on Washington Day" (PDF). The Notre Dame Scholastic. Vol. 74, no. 15. University of Notre Dame. February 14, 1941. p. 6. Retrieved February 23, 2018.
  15. ^ "K. of C. Third Degree Initiation Sunday" (PDF). The Notre Dame Scholastic. Vol. 87, no. 11. June 7, 1946. p. 8. Retrieved February 23, 2018.
  16. ^ Galvin, Timothy P. (November 1, 1931). "American Flag in the Court Room". Notre Dame Law Review. 7 (1).
  17. ^ "Supreme Court of the United States" (PDF). Supreme Court of the United States. p. 63. Retrieved February 23, 2018.
  18. ^ a b c "Timothy Galvin is elected K of C Director". The Hammond Times. Hammond, Indiana. August 23, 1937. p. 52. Retrieved February 23, 2018.
  19. ^ a b "Knights of Columbus Indiana State Council Program Guide 2009 – 2010" (PDF). Knights of Columbus Indiana State Council. p. 26. Retrieved February 23, 2018.
  20. ^ "TWO LOCAL MEN ATTEND STATE K. OF C. CONVENTION". Seymour Daily Tribune. May 25, 1926. Retrieved February 23, 2018.
  21. ^ "K of C Initiate and Dine". The Notre Dame Scholastic. Vol. LV, no. 7. November 4, 1927. p. 208.
  22. ^ "WASHINGTON STATE COUNCIL Knights of Columbus HISTORY 1902 – 2012" (PDF). Washington State Council Knights of Columbus. July 1, 2013. Retrieved February 23, 2018.
  23. ^ a b c d Kauffman 1982, p. 357.
  24. ^ "Swift Appoints Mulligan Deputy Supreme Knight". The Boston Globe. May 21, 1949. p. 2. Retrieved February 6, 2018.
  25. ^ Kauffman 1982, p. 340.
  26. ^ a b Kauffman 1982, pp. 356–7.
  27. ^ "K. of C. Council to Celebrate Anniversary". The Hammond Times. June 9, 1963. p. 65. Retrieved February 23, 2018.
  28. ^ Sparks, Randy J. (September 23, 2011). Religion in Mississippi. Univ. Press of Mississippi. p. 214. ISBN 978-1-61703-580-7.