Paul McGeady, PhD - Clark Atlanta University
Paul McGeady sadly passed away on June 14, 2007
Dr. Paul McGeady, 45, passed away on
Thursday, June 14, 2007 at the Tulane University Medical Center, New
Orleans LA. He was buried at Holy Cross Cemetery, North Arlington.
He was 45.
Dr. McGeady was born in New Brunswick on June 27, 1961 and lived in
Decatur, GA for the past 11 years. Previously Dr. McGeady resided in
Nutley and Seattle WA. In 1985, Paul earned a BS in Chemistry at
Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff followed by a Ph.D. in
Biochemistry from Washington State University in Pullman, WA in 1992.
Since 1996, Paul was an Associate Professor of Chemistry at Clark
Atlanta University in Atlanta GA, where he taught biochemistry. He
was a prolific writer and well-respected researcher.
Paul is survived by his sisters Peggy McGeady and her husband John
Cochran, and Dr. Rosemary E. McGeady Esq and her husband Jim Seber; his
nephew Randall J. Santmann; and his nieces Alison E. and Kelsey E. Seber,
and also many loving friends. He was predeceased by his father Paul J.
McGeady, Esq, and his mother Margaret (nee Mulligan) McGeady.
Eamonn McGeady, Baltimore, MD
Eamonn McGeady passed away on October 28, 2001
Eamonn McGeady, who owned a marine construction firm that
helped build the National Aquarium and other harbor installations, died
Friday at his Lutherville home. He was 69. Family members said he was
working at his computer when he was stricken.
A longtime advocate for the port of Baltimore, he frequently gave tours
of the harbor and commented on its history. He was president of Martin
G. Imbach Inc., a Curtis Bay-based marine and heavy equipment
construction firm that built and repaired many of the shipping piers and
bulkheads along the harbor. He was currently involved in rebuilding a
Fells Point pier for the RTKL office building off Thames Street.
"He was a civic-minded man who always knew just where he was going,"
said former U.S. Rep. Helen Delich Bentley. "He was a pleasant guy who
always had a great big heart and a smile on his face. The company he ran
had a reputation like he had -- everything was done to the best possible
degree."
Born Manus Eamonn McGeady in Baltimore and raised on 38th Street, he was
a graduate of Blessed Sacrament Parochial School and Polytechnic
Institute. He earned an engineering degree from the Johns Hopkins
University in 1961 and a law degree from the University of Baltimore.
While at Hopkins he was a member of the varsity pistol and rifle team.
He later helped run annual giving campaigns.
He began his career on Baltimore's waterfront in the early 1950s at the
Maryland Shipbuilding and Drydock Co., where he was vice president of
industrial relations. He left the city for duty in the Army Corps of
Engineers and was stationed in Germany from 1955 to 1957. In 1968, he
was named president of Martin Imbach, a firm his father had headed since
1944.
"Mr. McGeady's work is not usually so visible or so glamorous. Much of
it is underwater and out of sight. And all of it serves undramatic but
vital functions, such as holding up piers or buildings," said a 1987 Sun
profile.
One of his first tasks at Imbach was to halt erosion on the Potomac
River's St. Clement Island, where Maryland colonists landed in 1634. He
later built the foundation pilings for the National Aquarium and a
landfill at Piers 5 and 6, site of the Columbus Center and a hotel.
In 1981 he became a vocal advocate for changing federal tax law
governing small businesses. He testified in favor of a federal
income-tax cut before the House Ways and Means Committee.
Mr. McGeady was active in local charities, including Santa Claus
Anonymous, the Red Cross and the United Way. He was a longtime board
member of the Pride of Baltimore. In 1976 he was named Maryvale
Preparatory School's first board chairman. He was a Roland Park Little
League coach from 1965 to 1975.
A Mass will be offered at 11 a.m. Tuesday at the Cathedral of Mary Our
Queen, 5300 N. Charles St., where he was a member and lector.
He is survived by his wife of 46 years, the former Mary Elizabeth Mumaw;
two sons, M. Eamonn McGeady III of Annapolis and Michael C. McGeady of
Baltimore; two daughters, Anne C. Laband of Auburn, Ala., and Mary L.
McGeady of Baltimore; three brothers, Joseph K. McGeady of Severna Park,
J. Glenn McGeady of Michigan City, Ind., and F. Xavier McGeady of
Severna Park; and four grandchildren.
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