S. Galvin

GALVIN, CRAIG

Posted By: Greta Thompson (email)
Date: 1/16/2005 at 12:02:10

S. GALVIN, HAMPTON. Member of the State Board of Education, was born in Marion county, Iowa, August 7, 1878, the oldest son of J.A. and Margaret Haynes Galvin.Attended country schools in Marion and Calhoun counties, graduated Knoxville (Iowa) high school 1897. Attended Northern Illinois Normal School (Dixon, Ill.) and Highland Park College, Des Moines. Married Ethel Craig, of Knoxville, in 1899. Has two children, Ruth and Richard. Started business career as stenographer and accountant for the Iowa Pipe & Tile Co., Des Moines, in 1899, and with the exception of three years as assistant manager of the John Deere Plow Co. of Moline, has been in the clay products business continuously since 1899. Has been secretary and general manager of the Sheffield (Iowa) Brick & Tile Co. since 1923. Was the democratic nominee for the office of State Railroad Commissioner in 1928. Is a member of the Masonic fraternity, the Christian Science Church and the Hampton Rotary Club. Is chairman of the Franklin county democratic central committee and chairman of the executive committee of the Iowa Manufacturers Association. Was appointed by Gov. John Hammill to succeed Claude R. Porter as a member of the State Board of Education in 1929 for the term expiring June 30, 1931. Reappointed by Gov. Clyde L. Herring for a six-year term beginning July 1, 1933. A democrat.