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IRISH, Thomas J. (Iowa City, IA-Los Angeles, CA, Oct. 20, 1935) | IRISH, Thomas J. (Iowa City, IA, Feb. 7, 1841-Los Angeles, CA, Oct. 20, 1935). Irish began his career in education by opening a school in Iowa City at the age of twenty. His success there brought him to Dubuque in 1867 as the principal of the Fourth Ward School. He later held the same position for fifty-six years in the Third Ward School ([[PRESCOTT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL]]) until his retirement in 1923. Irish was elected treasurer of the Northeastern Iowa Teachers Association in 1907. | ||
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"Professor Irish Dies in Los Angeles," Telegraph Herald, Oct. 25, 1935, p. 7. Online: http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=vL1BAAAAIBAJ&sjid=wKkMAAAAIBAJ&pg=6615,7032792&dq=irish+dubuque&hl=en | |||
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Revision as of 17:31, 10 October 2013
IRISH, Thomas J. (Iowa City, IA, Feb. 7, 1841-Los Angeles, CA, Oct. 20, 1935). Irish began his career in education by opening a school in Iowa City at the age of twenty. His success there brought him to Dubuque in 1867 as the principal of the Fourth Ward School. He later held the same position for fifty-six years in the Third Ward School (PRESCOTT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL) until his retirement in 1923. Irish was elected treasurer of the Northeastern Iowa Teachers Association in 1907.
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"Professor Irish Dies in Los Angeles," Telegraph Herald, Oct. 25, 1935, p. 7. Online: http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=vL1BAAAAIBAJ&sjid=wKkMAAAAIBAJ&pg=6615,7032792&dq=irish+dubuque&hl=en