Thomas J. Spring

Thomas J. Spring (born July 31, 1904) was an American judge and a State Deputy of Massachusetts for the Knights of Columbus.[1]

Spring was born on July 31, 1904 to Francis and Catherine (Cronin) Spring.[1] He attended Boston College, the Staley School of the Spoken Word, and Northeastern University School of Law.[1] One of his children with his wife, Gertrude J. McCabe, had Govener Paul A. Dever as a godfather.

In November 1951, Spring was appointed a judge in Roxbury District Court.[1] On December 7, 1960 he was sworn in by Governor Foster Furcolo as a justice of the Massachusetts Superior Court.[2] He retired in 1975 and in 1980 became a Commissioner of the United States Courts.[2]

On May 16, 1954 he was elected State Deputy of the Knights of Columbus.[3] Under his leadership, Massachusetts experienced the largest increase in councils in the 20th century.[3] He was a master of the fourth degree.[2]

Spring was buried in Milton Cemetery.[2]

References
  1. Lapomarda 1992, p. 78.
  2. Lapomarda 1992, p. 80.
  3. Lapomarda 1992, p. 79.

Works cited
  • Lapomarda, Vincent A. (1992). The Knights of Columbus in Massachusetts (second ed.). Norwood, Massachusetts: Knights of Columbus Massachusetts State Council.
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