John T. Corrigan, Fort Huntington Park, Cleveland, Ohio
N 41° 30.158 W 081° 41.896
17T E 441722 N 4594791
Located just inside Fort Huntington Park on Lakeside Ave in Cleveland.
Waymark Code: WM8W3Q
Location: Ohio, United States
Date Posted: 05/19/2010
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The accompanying plaque reads:
John T. Corrigan
Born in Cleveland Ohio, 1923
Son of Irish immigrants, one of six children
Known as "John T.". He and his wife, Virginia, had six children.
Graduated St. Ignatius H.S., John Carroll University and Case Western Reserve University School of Law
Served the public and his country for almost a half century as a soldier, state senator, and Cuyahoga county prosecutor
Served during World War II in the European and Pacific theaters
Decorated war veteran: lost his right eye in the Battle of the Bulge
Elected as a state senator in 1952; elected as Cuyahoga county prosecutor in 1956
He served an unprecedented 35 years as the chief law enforcement officer for Cuyahoga county
Died in Cleveland, Ohio, 2003
"His legacy was his honesty, his integrity, the manner within which he lived his life, and the thousands upon thousands of people he touched by example."
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