Background
Keady, George Cregan was born on June 16, 1924 in Brooklyn. Son of George Cregan and Marie (Lussier) Keady.
Keady, George Cregan was born on June 16, 1924 in Brooklyn. Son of George Cregan and Marie (Lussier) Keady.
Student, University Kansas, 1943-1944; Bachelor of Science, Fordham University, 1949; Juris Doctor, Columbia University, 1950; Doctor of Laws, Western New England College, 1973.
Since practiced in, Springfield, Massachusetts
associate firm, Ganley & Crook, 1950-1953;
associate firm, Peter D. Wilson, 1953-1957;
partner firm, Wilson, Keady & Ratner, 1958-1979;
justice, District Court, Springfield, 1979-1982;
associate justice, Superior Court, Springfield, 1982-1993;
retired, 1993;
freelance mediator and arbitrator, since 1993. Dean Western New England College Law School, 1970-1973. Director Western Massachusetts BarRev., 1956-1963, Western New England College Bar Review, 1965-1972.
Chairman Mass.Continuing Legal Education, Inc., 1977-1980. Member Massachusetts Commision on Judicial Conduct, 1988, chairman, 1990-1993.
Active United Fund, Springfield, 1950-1972, Joint Civic Agilysys. Chairman fund drive American Cancer Society, 1962, selectman, Longmeadow, Massachusetts, 1958-1968, chairman selectmen, 1960-1961, 63-64, 66-68, moderator, 1968-1973. Vice chairman Republican Town Committee, Longmeadow, 1956-1960.
Alternate delegate Republican National Convention, 1960, delegate, 1964. President Hampden District Mental Health Clinic, Inc., 1968-1971, Child Guidance Clinic, Springfield, 1962-1964. Corporator, trustee, Chairman of the Board Baystate Medical Center, 1985-1987, trustee, 1984-1992, 94-.
Chairman of the Board Baystate Health System, 1987-1990. Trustee Western New England College, 1978-1984, Baypath Junior College, 1972-1987, Baystate Health Systems, 1993-1998. Director BHIC, since 1993.
Served with Army of the United States, 1943-1946. Member American Law Institute, Massachusetts Bar Association, Hampden County Bar Association (Executive Committee 1960-1979, president 1965-1967), Supreme Court History Society, Longmeadow Country Club, Phi Delta Phi.
Married Patricia Drake, September 2, 1950. Children: Margaret Keady Goldberg, Marie E., George Cregan, Catherine A. Keady Dunn, Kathleen V.