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Thomas Allen Joseph Sullivan

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Thomas Allen Joseph Sullivan

Birth
Fishers, Ontario County, New York, USA
Death
26 Oct 1924 (aged 55)
Buffalo, Erie County, New York, USA
Burial
Fairport, Monroe County, New York, USA Add to Map
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married Mary Van Ness in 1895

children: Katherine and son Kreag


Founder of Delta Chi Fraternity, October 13, 1890 at Cornell University


Thomas A.J. Sullivan

Son of Thomas and Hannah (Doody) Sullivan, both emigrated from Ireland. He attended public schools including the Fairport (New York) Union classical high school. He graduated from Cornell in 1891 with the LL.B.

After being admitted to the New York Bar, he moved to Buffalo, New York, where he entered a series of successful partnerships. He was elected as a delegate to the 1894 New York State constitutional convention. In 1905-06, he formed a partnership with Frederick G. Bagley, another early Delta Chi. From 1906 through 1912, Sullivan was county attorney for Erie County, New York.

Tom Sullivan's hobbies included fishing, golf, botany, and history. He was a Republican, a Roman Catholic, and a member of the National Guard.

Noted for his Irish wit, he was popular with younger lawyers whom he encouraged in the law profession.

After a brief illness, Sullivan died 26 October 1924 in Buffalo. He was buried in Fairport, New York.

To this day, Kreag Sullivan, initiated by the Buffalo chapter on 5 January 1925, is the only Founder's son known to be initiated into the Bond.
married Mary Van Ness in 1895

children: Katherine and son Kreag


Founder of Delta Chi Fraternity, October 13, 1890 at Cornell University


Thomas A.J. Sullivan

Son of Thomas and Hannah (Doody) Sullivan, both emigrated from Ireland. He attended public schools including the Fairport (New York) Union classical high school. He graduated from Cornell in 1891 with the LL.B.

After being admitted to the New York Bar, he moved to Buffalo, New York, where he entered a series of successful partnerships. He was elected as a delegate to the 1894 New York State constitutional convention. In 1905-06, he formed a partnership with Frederick G. Bagley, another early Delta Chi. From 1906 through 1912, Sullivan was county attorney for Erie County, New York.

Tom Sullivan's hobbies included fishing, golf, botany, and history. He was a Republican, a Roman Catholic, and a member of the National Guard.

Noted for his Irish wit, he was popular with younger lawyers whom he encouraged in the law profession.

After a brief illness, Sullivan died 26 October 1924 in Buffalo. He was buried in Fairport, New York.

To this day, Kreag Sullivan, initiated by the Buffalo chapter on 5 January 1925, is the only Founder's son known to be initiated into the Bond.


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