Stephen T. Quigley, a retired rear admiral in the U.S. Naval Reserve, died Sunday, March 8, at his home in Washington, DC, at the age of 88 after a lengthy illness. Often referred to by colleagues as the admiral-chemist, his long and distinguished career included serving as the Commissioner of Administration in Minnesota and special assistant to five successive Chiefs of Naval Operations in the Pentagon.
RADM Quigley was born on October 24, 1920, in Wabasha, son of the late Stephen Michael Quigley, former Wabasha Mayor and postmaster and one-time owner and publisher of the Wabasha County Herald, and Mary C. O'Leary Quigley.
He graduated from St. Felix High School in Wabasha and the College of St. Thomas, now the University of St. Thomas, in St. Paul, Minnesota, where he received a B.S. degree in chemistry in 1942. While at St. Thomas, he played freshman basketball and varsity football, and was a member of two MIAC championship teams. He later earned a professional certificate in meteorology from the University of California, Los Angeles, in 1944, an M.S. from the University of Detroit in 1950, and a Ph. D. from the University of Maryland in 1959 as a National Cancer Institute Fellow.
He served 10 years active duty in the U.S. Navy (aviation) during World War II and the Korean Conflict and was active in the U. S. Naval Reserve for 38 years. He was selected for flag rank, Rear Admiral (upper half), in 1973.
Interspersed throughout his Naval career was his research and public policy career. He was a senior research chemist and group supervisor at Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. from 1957-1959 and a senior research chemist at 3M Co from 1959-1963, positions that resulted in research publications and patents. He then served three years as the 7th Commissioner of Administration of the Minnesota State Government upon appointment by Governor Karl F. Rolvaag in 1963. This appointment followed the successful 5-month Gubernatorial Recount Election Contest in Minnesota in 1962, in which he was a key participant. As Commissioner of Administration, he also was the State Planning Officer and a member of the Board of Managers of the National Council of State Governments.
He left state government in 1966, when he became the first director of the Department of Chemistry and Public Affairs for the American Chemical Society, the largest scientific society in the world devoted to a single discipline. While there, he was staff director for a number of high-profile reports intended for legislators and other public policy experts, including Cleaning Our Environment: The Chemical Basis for Action, which was widely praised and was translated into several languages. He also helped launch and served as staff director for Project SEED, a program designed to provide summer research opportunities to disadvantaged high school students.
Concurrent with his ACS position, he was Commander of the Naval Reserve Forces (6,500 officers and enlisted) in Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia. He then became a special assistant to the Chief of Naval Operations in the Pentagon, a position he held for some 18 years, serving with five successive Chiefs of Naval Operations, beginning with Admiral Elmo R. Zumwalt, Jr. He retired from that position in 1990.
Active in Democratic politics from the precinct to the national level, he was vice-chairman of the Minnesota DFL Party. In 1968, he served as executive director of the Senator Eugene McCarthy Presidential Campaign Committee and participated in the Democratic National Conventions in 1964, 1968, 1972, 1984, and 1992.
He held numerous positions in military and professional organizations. He was a 50-year member of the American Chemical Society, and served on its National Council for more than 20 years; was president of the Chemical Society of Washington and editor of its publication The Capital Chemist; and a member of the Board of Trustees of the Midwest Research Institute; Board of Trustees of the U.S. Naval Institute; U.S. Naval Academy Foundation; the U.S. Department of Commerce Technical Advisory Board; and the U.S. Secretary of Defense Reserve Forces Policy Board, among many others.
RADM Quigley received a number of military and professional awards during his career. Among his military awards, he received the Secretary of the Navy Distinguished Public Service Medal in 1989. Other service awards included the Legion of Merit Medal, Meritorious Service Medal, and nine service medals. He was elected a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, a member of the prestigious Cosmos Club in Washington, DC, and a member of Sigma Xi, the Scientific Research Society of America, Phi Kappa Phi, and Alpha Chi Sigma. He received the Chemical Society of Washington Charles L. Gordon Award in 1992, the Alpha Chi Sigma/WPC Professional Service Award in 1995, the Chemical Society of Washington Community Service Award in 1997, and the Henry A. Hill Award of the American Chemical Society's Division of Professional Relations in 2005.
He is survived by his wife of 22 years, Dr. Carol L. Rogers of Washington, DC; his son Stephen Timothy (Tim) Jr. of San Jose, CA; his daughter and son-in-law Catherine Mary and Ray Wicks of Woodbury, MN; his daughter and son-in-law Mary Carol and John Stevens of Marshalltown, IA; his daughter Eileen Abigail Quigley of Bethesda, MD; his son and daughter-in law Kevin Christopher and Camie Quigley of South St. Paul, MN; his son John Brennan Quigley of Eagle Rock, CA; his sister-in-law and spouse Kimberly and Michael Boehme of Mechanicsville, VA; 13 grandchildren; and 8 great grandchildren. Other survivors are numerous nieces, nephews, and cousins. He was preceded in death by his granddaughter Monica Anna-Catherine Wicks and his three sisters, Abigail Quigley McCarthy, Elizabeth Anne Quigley, and Ellen Patricia Quigley. He was previously married to the former Catherine Foley, formerly of Wabasha, MN.
A funeral Mass will be offered on Saturday, March 14, 2009 at 11:00 a.m. at St. Felix Catholic Church in Wabasha with the Reverend Glenn Frerichs officiating. Interment will be in St. Felix Cemetery. The Wabasha American Legion and VFW Posts will perform military rites. Casket bearers will be his grandchildren. Friends may call at the Abbott Funeral Home on Friday from 5-7 p.m., where there will be a prayer service at 6 p.m. Friends may also call at the church on Saturday one hour before the service.
You are welcome to send memorial contributions to a local hospice organization or local animal welfare organization.
The Abbott Funeral Home of Wabasha is in charge of arrangements.
RADM Quigley was born on October 24, 1920, in Wabasha, son of the late Stephen Michael Quigley, former Wabasha Mayor and postmaster and one-time owner and publisher of the Wabasha County Herald, and Mary C. O'Leary Quigley.
He graduated from St. Felix High School in Wabasha and the College of St. Thomas, now the University of St. Thomas, in St. Paul, Minnesota, where he received a B.S. degree in chemistry in 1942. While at St. Thomas, he played freshman basketball and varsity football, and was a member of two MIAC championship teams. He later earned a professional certificate in meteorology from the University of California, Los Angeles, in 1944, an M.S. from the University of Detroit in 1950, and a Ph. D. from the University of Maryland in 1959 as a National Cancer Institute Fellow.
He served 10 years active duty in the U.S. Navy (aviation) during World War II and the Korean Conflict and was active in the U. S. Naval Reserve for 38 years. He was selected for flag rank, Rear Admiral (upper half), in 1973.
Interspersed throughout his Naval career was his research and public policy career. He was a senior research chemist and group supervisor at Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. from 1957-1959 and a senior research chemist at 3M Co from 1959-1963, positions that resulted in research publications and patents. He then served three years as the 7th Commissioner of Administration of the Minnesota State Government upon appointment by Governor Karl F. Rolvaag in 1963. This appointment followed the successful 5-month Gubernatorial Recount Election Contest in Minnesota in 1962, in which he was a key participant. As Commissioner of Administration, he also was the State Planning Officer and a member of the Board of Managers of the National Council of State Governments.
He left state government in 1966, when he became the first director of the Department of Chemistry and Public Affairs for the American Chemical Society, the largest scientific society in the world devoted to a single discipline. While there, he was staff director for a number of high-profile reports intended for legislators and other public policy experts, including Cleaning Our Environment: The Chemical Basis for Action, which was widely praised and was translated into several languages. He also helped launch and served as staff director for Project SEED, a program designed to provide summer research opportunities to disadvantaged high school students.
Concurrent with his ACS position, he was Commander of the Naval Reserve Forces (6,500 officers and enlisted) in Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia. He then became a special assistant to the Chief of Naval Operations in the Pentagon, a position he held for some 18 years, serving with five successive Chiefs of Naval Operations, beginning with Admiral Elmo R. Zumwalt, Jr. He retired from that position in 1990.
Active in Democratic politics from the precinct to the national level, he was vice-chairman of the Minnesota DFL Party. In 1968, he served as executive director of the Senator Eugene McCarthy Presidential Campaign Committee and participated in the Democratic National Conventions in 1964, 1968, 1972, 1984, and 1992.
He held numerous positions in military and professional organizations. He was a 50-year member of the American Chemical Society, and served on its National Council for more than 20 years; was president of the Chemical Society of Washington and editor of its publication The Capital Chemist; and a member of the Board of Trustees of the Midwest Research Institute; Board of Trustees of the U.S. Naval Institute; U.S. Naval Academy Foundation; the U.S. Department of Commerce Technical Advisory Board; and the U.S. Secretary of Defense Reserve Forces Policy Board, among many others.
RADM Quigley received a number of military and professional awards during his career. Among his military awards, he received the Secretary of the Navy Distinguished Public Service Medal in 1989. Other service awards included the Legion of Merit Medal, Meritorious Service Medal, and nine service medals. He was elected a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, a member of the prestigious Cosmos Club in Washington, DC, and a member of Sigma Xi, the Scientific Research Society of America, Phi Kappa Phi, and Alpha Chi Sigma. He received the Chemical Society of Washington Charles L. Gordon Award in 1992, the Alpha Chi Sigma/WPC Professional Service Award in 1995, the Chemical Society of Washington Community Service Award in 1997, and the Henry A. Hill Award of the American Chemical Society's Division of Professional Relations in 2005.
He is survived by his wife of 22 years, Dr. Carol L. Rogers of Washington, DC; his son Stephen Timothy (Tim) Jr. of San Jose, CA; his daughter and son-in-law Catherine Mary and Ray Wicks of Woodbury, MN; his daughter and son-in-law Mary Carol and John Stevens of Marshalltown, IA; his daughter Eileen Abigail Quigley of Bethesda, MD; his son and daughter-in law Kevin Christopher and Camie Quigley of South St. Paul, MN; his son John Brennan Quigley of Eagle Rock, CA; his sister-in-law and spouse Kimberly and Michael Boehme of Mechanicsville, VA; 13 grandchildren; and 8 great grandchildren. Other survivors are numerous nieces, nephews, and cousins. He was preceded in death by his granddaughter Monica Anna-Catherine Wicks and his three sisters, Abigail Quigley McCarthy, Elizabeth Anne Quigley, and Ellen Patricia Quigley. He was previously married to the former Catherine Foley, formerly of Wabasha, MN.
A funeral Mass will be offered on Saturday, March 14, 2009 at 11:00 a.m. at St. Felix Catholic Church in Wabasha with the Reverend Glenn Frerichs officiating. Interment will be in St. Felix Cemetery. The Wabasha American Legion and VFW Posts will perform military rites. Casket bearers will be his grandchildren. Friends may call at the Abbott Funeral Home on Friday from 5-7 p.m., where there will be a prayer service at 6 p.m. Friends may also call at the church on Saturday one hour before the service.
You are welcome to send memorial contributions to a local hospice organization or local animal welfare organization.
The Abbott Funeral Home of Wabasha is in charge of arrangements.
Stephen T. Quigley, a retired rear admiral in the U.S. Naval Reserve, died Sunday, March 8, at his home in Washington, DC, at the age of 88 after a lengthy illness. Often referred to by colleagues as the admiral-chemist, his long and distinguished career included serving as the Commissioner of Administration in Minnesota and special assistant to five successive Chiefs of Naval Operations in the Pentagon.
RADM Quigley was born on October 24, 1920, in Wabasha, son of the late Stephen Michael Quigley, former Wabasha Mayor and postmaster and one-time owner and publisher of the Wabasha County Herald, and Mary C. O'Leary Quigley.
He graduated from St. Felix High School in Wabasha and the College of St. Thomas, now the University of St. Thomas, in St. Paul, Minnesota, where he received a B.S. degree in chemistry in 1942. While at St. Thomas, he played freshman basketball and varsity football, and was a member of two MIAC championship teams. He later earned a professional certificate in meteorology from the University of California, Los Angeles, in 1944, an M.S. from the University of Detroit in 1950, and a Ph. D. from the University of Maryland in 1959 as a National Cancer Institute Fellow.
He served 10 years active duty in the U.S. Navy (aviation) during World War II and the Korean Conflict and was active in the U. S. Naval Reserve for 38 years. He was selected for flag rank, Rear Admiral (upper half), in 1973.
Interspersed throughout his Naval career was his research and public policy career. He was a senior research chemist and group supervisor at Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. from 1957-1959 and a senior research chemist at 3M Co from 1959-1963, positions that resulted in research publications and patents. He then served three years as the 7th Commissioner of Administration of the Minnesota State Government upon appointment by Governor Karl F. Rolvaag in 1963. This appointment followed the successful 5-month Gubernatorial Recount Election Contest in Minnesota in 1962, in which he was a key participant. As Commissioner of Administration, he also was the State Planning Officer and a member of the Board of Managers of the National Council of State Governments.
He left state government in 1966, when he became the first director of the Department of Chemistry and Public Affairs for the American Chemical Society, the largest scientific society in the world devoted to a single discipline. While there, he was staff director for a number of high-profile reports intended for legislators and other public policy experts, including Cleaning Our Environment: The Chemical Basis for Action, which was widely praised and was translated into several languages. He also helped launch and served as staff director for Project SEED, a program designed to provide summer research opportunities to disadvantaged high school students.
Concurrent with his ACS position, he was Commander of the Naval Reserve Forces (6,500 officers and enlisted) in Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia. He then became a special assistant to the Chief of Naval Operations in the Pentagon, a position he held for some 18 years, serving with five successive Chiefs of Naval Operations, beginning with Admiral Elmo R. Zumwalt, Jr. He retired from that position in 1990.
Active in Democratic politics from the precinct to the national level, he was vice-chairman of the Minnesota DFL Party. In 1968, he served as executive director of the Senator Eugene McCarthy Presidential Campaign Committee and participated in the Democratic National Conventions in 1964, 1968, 1972, 1984, and 1992.
He held numerous positions in military and professional organizations. He was a 50-year member of the American Chemical Society, and served on its National Council for more than 20 years; was president of the Chemical Society of Washington and editor of its publication The Capital Chemist; and a member of the Board of Trustees of the Midwest Research Institute; Board of Trustees of the U.S. Naval Institute; U.S. Naval Academy Foundation; the U.S. Department of Commerce Technical Advisory Board; and the U.S. Secretary of Defense Reserve Forces Policy Board, among many others.
RADM Quigley received a number of military and professional awards during his career. Among his military awards, he received the Secretary of the Navy Distinguished Public Service Medal in 1989. Other service awards included the Legion of Merit Medal, Meritorious Service Medal, and nine service medals. He was elected a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, a member of the prestigious Cosmos Club in Washington, DC, and a member of Sigma Xi, the Scientific Research Society of America, Phi Kappa Phi, and Alpha Chi Sigma. He received the Chemical Society of Washington Charles L. Gordon Award in 1992, the Alpha Chi Sigma/WPC Professional Service Award in 1995, the Chemical Society of Washington Community Service Award in 1997, and the Henry A. Hill Award of the American Chemical Society's Division of Professional Relations in 2005.
He is survived by his wife of 22 years, Dr. Carol L. Rogers of Washington, DC; his son Stephen Timothy (Tim) Jr. of San Jose, CA; his daughter and son-in-law Catherine Mary and Ray Wicks of Woodbury, MN; his daughter and son-in-law Mary Carol and John Stevens of Marshalltown, IA; his daughter Eileen Abigail Quigley of Bethesda, MD; his son and daughter-in law Kevin Christopher and Camie Quigley of South St. Paul, MN; his son John Brennan Quigley of Eagle Rock, CA; his sister-in-law and spouse Kimberly and Michael Boehme of Mechanicsville, VA; 13 grandchildren; and 8 great grandchildren. Other survivors are numerous nieces, nephews, and cousins. He was preceded in death by his granddaughter Monica Anna-Catherine Wicks and his three sisters, Abigail Quigley McCarthy, Elizabeth Anne Quigley, and Ellen Patricia Quigley. He was previously married to the former Catherine Foley, formerly of Wabasha, MN.
A funeral Mass will be offered on Saturday, March 14, 2009 at 11:00 a.m. at St. Felix Catholic Church in Wabasha with the Reverend Glenn Frerichs officiating. Interment will be in St. Felix Cemetery. The Wabasha American Legion and VFW Posts will perform military rites. Casket bearers will be his grandchildren. Friends may call at the Abbott Funeral Home on Friday from 5-7 p.m., where there will be a prayer service at 6 p.m. Friends may also call at the church on Saturday one hour before the service.
You are welcome to send memorial contributions to a local hospice organization or local animal welfare organization.
The Abbott Funeral Home of Wabasha is in charge of arrangements.
RADM Quigley was born on October 24, 1920, in Wabasha, son of the late Stephen Michael Quigley, former Wabasha Mayor and postmaster and one-time owner and publisher of the Wabasha County Herald, and Mary C. O'Leary Quigley.
He graduated from St. Felix High School in Wabasha and the College of St. Thomas, now the University of St. Thomas, in St. Paul, Minnesota, where he received a B.S. degree in chemistry in 1942. While at St. Thomas, he played freshman basketball and varsity football, and was a member of two MIAC championship teams. He later earned a professional certificate in meteorology from the University of California, Los Angeles, in 1944, an M.S. from the University of Detroit in 1950, and a Ph. D. from the University of Maryland in 1959 as a National Cancer Institute Fellow.
He served 10 years active duty in the U.S. Navy (aviation) during World War II and the Korean Conflict and was active in the U. S. Naval Reserve for 38 years. He was selected for flag rank, Rear Admiral (upper half), in 1973.
Interspersed throughout his Naval career was his research and public policy career. He was a senior research chemist and group supervisor at Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. from 1957-1959 and a senior research chemist at 3M Co from 1959-1963, positions that resulted in research publications and patents. He then served three years as the 7th Commissioner of Administration of the Minnesota State Government upon appointment by Governor Karl F. Rolvaag in 1963. This appointment followed the successful 5-month Gubernatorial Recount Election Contest in Minnesota in 1962, in which he was a key participant. As Commissioner of Administration, he also was the State Planning Officer and a member of the Board of Managers of the National Council of State Governments.
He left state government in 1966, when he became the first director of the Department of Chemistry and Public Affairs for the American Chemical Society, the largest scientific society in the world devoted to a single discipline. While there, he was staff director for a number of high-profile reports intended for legislators and other public policy experts, including Cleaning Our Environment: The Chemical Basis for Action, which was widely praised and was translated into several languages. He also helped launch and served as staff director for Project SEED, a program designed to provide summer research opportunities to disadvantaged high school students.
Concurrent with his ACS position, he was Commander of the Naval Reserve Forces (6,500 officers and enlisted) in Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia. He then became a special assistant to the Chief of Naval Operations in the Pentagon, a position he held for some 18 years, serving with five successive Chiefs of Naval Operations, beginning with Admiral Elmo R. Zumwalt, Jr. He retired from that position in 1990.
Active in Democratic politics from the precinct to the national level, he was vice-chairman of the Minnesota DFL Party. In 1968, he served as executive director of the Senator Eugene McCarthy Presidential Campaign Committee and participated in the Democratic National Conventions in 1964, 1968, 1972, 1984, and 1992.
He held numerous positions in military and professional organizations. He was a 50-year member of the American Chemical Society, and served on its National Council for more than 20 years; was president of the Chemical Society of Washington and editor of its publication The Capital Chemist; and a member of the Board of Trustees of the Midwest Research Institute; Board of Trustees of the U.S. Naval Institute; U.S. Naval Academy Foundation; the U.S. Department of Commerce Technical Advisory Board; and the U.S. Secretary of Defense Reserve Forces Policy Board, among many others.
RADM Quigley received a number of military and professional awards during his career. Among his military awards, he received the Secretary of the Navy Distinguished Public Service Medal in 1989. Other service awards included the Legion of Merit Medal, Meritorious Service Medal, and nine service medals. He was elected a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, a member of the prestigious Cosmos Club in Washington, DC, and a member of Sigma Xi, the Scientific Research Society of America, Phi Kappa Phi, and Alpha Chi Sigma. He received the Chemical Society of Washington Charles L. Gordon Award in 1992, the Alpha Chi Sigma/WPC Professional Service Award in 1995, the Chemical Society of Washington Community Service Award in 1997, and the Henry A. Hill Award of the American Chemical Society's Division of Professional Relations in 2005.
He is survived by his wife of 22 years, Dr. Carol L. Rogers of Washington, DC; his son Stephen Timothy (Tim) Jr. of San Jose, CA; his daughter and son-in-law Catherine Mary and Ray Wicks of Woodbury, MN; his daughter and son-in-law Mary Carol and John Stevens of Marshalltown, IA; his daughter Eileen Abigail Quigley of Bethesda, MD; his son and daughter-in law Kevin Christopher and Camie Quigley of South St. Paul, MN; his son John Brennan Quigley of Eagle Rock, CA; his sister-in-law and spouse Kimberly and Michael Boehme of Mechanicsville, VA; 13 grandchildren; and 8 great grandchildren. Other survivors are numerous nieces, nephews, and cousins. He was preceded in death by his granddaughter Monica Anna-Catherine Wicks and his three sisters, Abigail Quigley McCarthy, Elizabeth Anne Quigley, and Ellen Patricia Quigley. He was previously married to the former Catherine Foley, formerly of Wabasha, MN.
A funeral Mass will be offered on Saturday, March 14, 2009 at 11:00 a.m. at St. Felix Catholic Church in Wabasha with the Reverend Glenn Frerichs officiating. Interment will be in St. Felix Cemetery. The Wabasha American Legion and VFW Posts will perform military rites. Casket bearers will be his grandchildren. Friends may call at the Abbott Funeral Home on Friday from 5-7 p.m., where there will be a prayer service at 6 p.m. Friends may also call at the church on Saturday one hour before the service.
You are welcome to send memorial contributions to a local hospice organization or local animal welfare organization.
The Abbott Funeral Home of Wabasha is in charge of arrangements.
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