Catherine Thiel Quigg

Background

Quigg, Catherine Thiel was born on May 24, 1930 in Evanston, Illinois, United States. Daughter of Ernest and Dorothy Frances Thiel.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Journalism, Northwestern University, 1952.

Career

Advertising copywriter Sears Roebuck & Company, Chicago, 1953—1955, Ruthrauff & Ryan, Inc., Chicago, 1955—1957, Foote, Cone & Belding, Inc., Chicago, 1963—1966. Public relations director Institute International Education, 1958—1960. Accountant executive Daniel J. Edelman & Associates, 1961—1963.

Expert witness on nuclear waste legislation United States Congress, 1977, 79.

Achievements

• Catherine Thiel Quigg has been listed as a notable writer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Research director Pollution and Environmental Problems, Inc., Palatine, Illinois, 1972—1984. Founding member, president Illinois Safe Energy Alliance, Chicago, 1973—1983. Organizer solar energy forum Harper College, 1975.

Proposer, drafter Illinois Nuclear Power Evaluation Act, 1978. Board directors Fox Valley Mental Health Association, Elgin, Illinois, 1976—1978. Member of National Resources Defense Council, Barrington Writers Workshop, Sierra Club.

Interests

• Music, reading, writing poetry and short stories.

Connections

Married Paul Stewart Quigg, November 26, 1966. Children: Paula, Jeanne, Mary.

Father:

Ernest Thiel

Mother:

Dorothy Frances Thiel

Spouse:

Paul Stewart Quigg

child:

Jeanne Quigg

child:

Paula Quigg

child:

Mary Quigg