George F. Corrigan, Sr.

George F. Corrigan, Sr. George Francis Corrigan, oldest son of Dr. and Mrs. George F. Corrigan of Wichita, Kansas was born on July 20, 1926 and died September 10, 2010. Mr. Corrigan attended parochial schools in Wichita and served in the United States Maritime Service Naval Reserve Program from July 1944 to June 1946 with duty as a Midshipman and Third Officer in the South Pacific and Indian oceans. He received a B.A. degree from Wichita State University in 1950. In that same year, he married Beverly Taylor. The couple settled in Washington D.C. where Mr. Corrigan was employed by the National Security Agency and pursued graduate studies at Georgetown University. In 1954, he was awarded an M.A. degree from Georgetown and in 1957 was accepted as a Ph.D. candidate. In 1961 he was assigned by NSA to Frankfurt, Germany for a three year tour of duty. In 1977 he was assigned to England where he and his family spent four years. Upon returning home, he retired from NSA and subsequently took a position with Anne Arundel Community College teaching classes in the Senior program, including Heritage Harbor. He was well known for his lively classes on International and National Affairs as well as Great Books. In this capacity, he also planned and conducted various tours of Europe for his classes, including the Soviet Union and Czech Republic, Central and Eastern Europe, Scandinavia, Greece and Turkey. He cared for his wife Beverly through a long illness until her death in 2007. In 2008 he married Elizabeth "Betty" Hill of Heritage Harbor who survives him. He is also survived by his five children; Kathleen Spry and her husband John of Odenton, Brigid Corrigan of Bluemont, VA, George F. Corrigan Jr. of Seattle, WA, Jean Corrigan Casey and her husband Mike Casey of Brentwood, MD, and Carolyn Lee and her husband Stephen of Banbury, U.K; two grandchildren, Daniel and Nicola Lee, and one great grandchild, Isabel Turner in the U.K.; two brothers, Thomas of Seattle WA and Michael of Wichita KS; and two sisters, Mary McEnulty and Kathleen Wells, both of Wichita. The family will host a gathering at Heritage Harbor Lodge, 959 River Strand Loop, Annapolis, MD 21401 on Wednesday, September 15th from 5pm to 7:30. A funeral mass will be celebrated at St. Elizabeth Anne Seton Church, 14800 Seton Drive, Crofton, MD 21401on Friday, September 17th at 11:00am followed by a reception. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Catholic Relief Services or Hospice of the Chesapeake.