Thomas J. Spring 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 Governor 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
- ^ a b c d Lapomarda 1992, p. 78.
- ^ a b c d Lapomarda 1992, p. 80.
- ^ a b 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.