Thomas A. Sullivan was born July 7, 1908 in Chicago, Illinois, the first child of Al and Nell. On his birth certificate he is named Aloysius Alexander but on his baptismal certificate from St. Agatha Church in Chicago, July 18, 1908, he is named Thomas Aloysius. He graduated from St. Mel High School and married Margaret Mary Carmody (February 12, 1910-May 27, 1982) on Christmas Eve, 1929 at St. Mel's Church. They had one child, Thomas D. Sullivan. After Margaret's death he married twice again: Dorothy Mae Sprafka (1914-1992) on December 23, 1985 and Lorraine Alice Cooper (1913-2007), December 5, 1992. Tom died while undergoing heart surgery on July 11, 1996 in Venice, Florida.
Tom had a long career with A. O. Smith starting in 1950 and retiring in 1973 as Vice President and Division General Manager. His undergraduate degree was in mechanical engineering from the Armour Institute, now Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago. He received a masters degree in economics from Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. See also the
Sullivan/Carmody Blog
This is his high school photo c1926.
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