[)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] 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][9]
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.[9][5] Both sons attended Notre Dame.[9][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.[14]
Notre Dame
Galvin was a member of the Class of 1916 at the University of Notre Dame.[15][9][17] As a student, he was an editor of the Notre Dame Dome[18] and was on the debate team.[19]
In the 1930s, Galvin was president of the Notre Dame Alumni Association.[20][9][5] Beginning in 1946, he served as a University lay trustee.[23][9]
Career
Galvin began his law career in the office of the Daniel E. Celly in Valparaiso in September of 1916 before moving his practice to Hammond in 1923.[5][9] 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[9] (established 1934) with his brother, Francis, and Edmond J. Leeney.[14][5] Prior to this, he was a member of the firm of Tinkham & Galvin.[31] As an attorney, Galvin was admitted to the Supreme Court of the United States bar on November 18, 1943.[32]
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][34]
Knights of Columbus
He joined the Knights when he turned 18,[34] 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][9][39][40][41] 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.[34][5][44][9][20] In 1945 he was elected Deputy Supreme Knight{{sfn|Kauffman|1982|p=357}}[5] and resigned from that post and from the Board of Directors in 1949.[48][9]
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,{{sfn|Kauffman|1982|p=340}} and the then-Supreme Knight, Francis P. Matthews.{{sfn|Kauffman|1982|pp=356-7}} 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.{{sfn|Kauffman|1982|pp=356-7}}
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.{{sfn|Kauffman|1982|p=357}} The convention assembled in Montreal but, upon determining that a convention there would not be feasible, they adjourned to Plattsburg, New York.{{sfn|Kauffman|1982|p=357}} 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.{{sfn|Kauffman|1982|p=357}}
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][9][52] The Timothy P. Galvin K.S.G. Outstanding Catholic Layman Award is awarded each year by the Indiana State Council in his honor.[39]
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."[54]
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.[9] 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.[9][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.[9]
In 1957, B'nai B'rith of Hammond honored Galvin as the outstanding citizen of that city.[9][5]
References
1. ^1 {{cite news | url = http://www.archives.nd.edu/alumnus/vol_0040/vol_0040_issue_0001.pdf | title = 1916 | page = 30 | newspaper = Notre Dame Alumnus | issue = February-March 1962 | publisher = The Archives of The University of Notre Dame | accessdate = February 23, 2018 }}
2. ^1 2 {{cite web | url = http://www.indianakofc.org/download/state/2009_2010_Program_Guide_122409_WEB.pdf | title = Knights of Columbus Indiana State Council Program Guide 2009 – 2010 | page = 26 | format = pdf | publisher = Knights of Columbus Indiana State Council | accessdate = February 23, 2018 }}
3. ^1 {{cite news | url =https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/54796011/ | title = K. of C. Council to Celebrate Anniversary | date = June 9, 1963 | newspaper = The Hammond Times | page = 65 | accessdate = February 23, 2018 }}
4. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 {{cite news | url = https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/55787189/ | title = B'NAI B'RITH CHOICE | | date = November 6, 1957 | page= 15 | newspaper = The Hammond Times | accessdate= February 24, 2018}}
5. ^1 {{cite news | url = https://newspaperarchive.com/hammond-times-oct-18-1935-p1-p-1/ | title = Catholic Hospital Confab in Hammond | date =October 18, 1935 | newspaper = The Hammond Times | location = Hammond, Indiana | volume = XXX | number = 104 | accessdate = February 6, 2018 }}
6. ^1 {{cite news | url = https://newspapers.library.in.gov/cgi-bin/indiana?a=d&d=SBNT19150324.1.4&srpos=1&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-"timothy+galvin"------ | title = Timothy Galvin wins first debate at N.D. | newspaper = South Bend News-Times | volume = 32 | number = 83 | location = South Bend, St. Joseph County, Indiana | date = March 24, 1915 | accessdate = February 23, 2018 }}
7. ^1 {{cite news | newspaper = The Notre Dame Scholastic | page = 208 | | title = K of C Initiate and Dine | |volume = LV | number = 7 | date = November 4, 1927 }}
8. ^1 {{cite news | url = http://archives.nd.edu/Scholastic/VOL_0074/VOL_0074_ISSUE_0015.pdf | newspaper = The Notre Dame Scholastic | volume = 74 | date = February 14, 1941 | number =15 | publisher = University of Notre Dame | title = Dome Work in Full Swing | page = 21 | accessdate = February 23, 2018 }}
9. ^1 {{Cite book|first= Christopher J.|last= Kauffman|title= Faith and Fraternalism|publisher= Harper and Row|year= 1982|isbn= 978-0-06-014940-6|ref=harv|p=357}}
10. ^1 {{cite journal | url = https://scholarship.law.nd.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4237&context=ndlr | journal = Notre Dame Law Review | volume = 7 | issue = 1 | title = American Flag in the Court Room | first = Timothy P. | last = Galvin | date = November 1, 1931 }}
11. ^1 2 {{cite web | url = http://www.nwitimes.com/uncategorized/obituaries/article_274a4152-9b7a-5f9c-8e71-481d6b9e730d.html | title = Francis Joseph Galvin, Sr. | | date = May 14, 1995 | accessdate = February 23, 2018 }}
12. ^1 {{cite news | url = https://secure.pqarchiver.com/boston-sub/doc/848355740.html?FMT=AI&FMTS=CITE:AI&type=historic&date=May+21%2C+1949&author=&pub=Daily+Boston+Globe+%281928-1960%29&edition=&startpage=2&desc=Swift+Appoints+Mulligan+Deputy+Supreme+Knight | title = Swift Appoints Mulligan Deputy Supreme Knight | date = May 21, 1949 | page = 2 | accessdate = February 6, 2018 | newspaper = The Boston Globe }}
13. ^1 {{cite news | url = https://cuislandora.wrlc.org/islandora/object/achc-nwc:174/datastream/PDF/view | title = Chicago Meeting of Catholic Alumni Federation | | date = May 1931 | newspaper = N.C.W.C. Review | page = 11 | first = Paul R. | last = Martin | volume = XII | number = 5 | accessdate = February 23, 2018 }}
14. ^1 {{cite news | url = http://archives.nd.edu/Scholastic/VOL_0095/VOL_0095_ISSUE_0006.pdf | title = Fr. J. Cavanaugh First in K. of C. Speaker Series| newspaper = The Notre Dame Scholastic | date = October 30, 1953 | page = 33 | accessdate = February 23, 2018 }}
15. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 {{cite news | url = https://thecatholicnewsarchive.org/crra?a=d&d=cher19581228-01.1.21 | title = New Trustees of O.S.V. | date = December 28, 1958 | page = 9 | newspaper = Our Sunday Visitor | accessdate = February 23, 2018 }}
16. ^1 {{cite web | url = https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/journals/scannedjournals/1943_Journal.pdf | page = 63 | format = pdf | title = Supreme Court of the United States | publisher = = Supreme Court of the United States | accessdate = February 23, 2018 }}
17. ^1 2 {{cite news | url = http://archives.nd.edu/Scholastic/VOL_0074/VOL_0074_ISSUE_0015.pdf | newspaper = The Notre Dame Scholastic | volume = 74 | date = February 14, 1941 | number =15 | publisher = University of Notre Dame | title = Seniors to Appear on Washington Day | page = 6 | accessdate = February 23, 2018 }}
18. ^1 {{cite news | url = https://newspaperarchive.com/seymour-daily-tribune-may-25-1926-p-1/ | newspaper = Seymour Daily Tribune | date = May 25, 1926 | title = TWO LOCAL MEN ATTEND STATE K. OF C. CONVENTION | accessdate = February 23, 2018 }}
19. ^1 {{cite news | url = https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/86041226/ | title = Gus J. Strauss Elected Supreme Warden Of K. of C. | date = August 26, 1943 | newspaper = Shiner Gazette | location = Shiner, Texas | page = 1 | accessdate = February 23, 2018 }}
20. ^1 {{cite book|first=Randy J. | last = Sparks|title=Religion in Mississippi|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UTEliCVGQzoC&pg=PA214|date=23 September 2011|publisher=Univ. Press of Mississippi|isbn=978-1-61703-580-7|page=214}}
21. ^1 {{cite news | url = http://archives.nd.edu/Scholastic/VOL_0087/VOL_0087_ISSUE_0011.pdf | title = K. of C. Third Degree Initiation Sunday | date = June 7, 1946 | newspaper = The Notre Dame Scholastic | volume = 87 | number = 11 | format = pdf | page = 8 | accessdate = February 23, 2018 }}
22. ^1 2 3 {{cite news | date = August 23, 1937 | newspaper = The Hammond Times | location = Hammond, Indiana | page = 52 | url = https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/54942550/ | title = Timothy Galvin is elected K of C Director | accessdate = February 23, 2018 }}
23. ^1 {{cite web | url = http://www.kofc-wa.org/GKCD/State%20History/WSCHistory070113.pdf | title = WASHINGTON STATE COUNCIL Knights of Columbus HISTORY 1902 – 2012 | date = July 1, 2013 | accessdate = February 23, 2018 | publisher = = Washington State Council Knights of Columbus }}