Thomas J. Spring

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Thomas J. Spring was an American judge and a State Deputy of Massachusetts for the Knights of Columbus. [1]

Spring was born on July 31, 1904, to Francis and Catherine (Cronin) Spring. [1] He attended Boston College, the Staley School of the Spoken Word, and Northeastern University School of Law. [1] One of his children with his wife, Gertrude J. McCabe, had Governor Paul A. Dever as a godfather.

In November 1951, Spring was appointed a judge in Roxbury District Court. [1] On December 7, 1960, he was sworn in by Governor Foster Furcolo as a justice of the Massachusetts Superior Court. [2] He retired in 1975 and in 1980 became a Commissioner of the United States Courts. [2]

On May 16, 1954, he was elected State Deputy of the Knights of Columbus. [3] Under his leadership, Massachusetts experienced the largest increase in councils in the 20th century. [3] He was a master of the fourth degree. [2]

Spring was buried in Milton Cemetery. [2]

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