http://www.cooganresearchgroup.com/crg/index.htm 20 July 2011 Obituary of Thomas P. Coogan _____________________________________________________________________ (extracted from "Boston Globe" [MA], 04 DEC 1976): OYSTER HARBORS - Thomas Coogan, mortgage banker, nationally prominent, in the home building industry, died in Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston yesterday after long... ...Mr. Coogan was World War veteran of the Naval Air Force. He was member of the Oysters Harbors Club, the Surf Club at Indian Beach, Fla., La Gorce at Bal Harbour ... _____________________________________________________________________ (extracted from "New York Times" [NY], 05 DEC 1976, PAGE 52): COOGAN - Thomas P., in Boston, of Oyster Harbors, Mass., Dec. 3. Age 78 yrs. Beloved husband of Helen K. (Kennelly). Father of Mrs. Jacqueline Coogan Beatty of Bal Harbour, Fla. Grandfather of John F. Beatty of NYC, Barbara H. and Helen M. Beatty of Osterville, Mass. Funeral will be from the Deane, Deal & Ames Funeral Home, 160 W. Main St., Hyannis, Monday, Dec. 6 at 10:15 A.M., to be followed by a funeral Mass in Our Lady of the Assumption Church, Osterville, at 11 A.M. Relatives and friends are invited. Visiting hours Sunday 204 and 7-9 P.M. In lieu of flowers, memorials in his name may be made to St. Francis Hospital, Miami, Fla. _____________________________________________________________________ (extracted from "House & Home" [Magazine ?], VOL 51 #2, FEB 1977): TOM COOGAN DIES Headed NAHB Thomas P. Coogan, president of the NAHB in 1950 and a nationally known authority on mortgage finance, died in a Boston hospital December 3 after a short illness. He was 78. ...crusader for legislation to stabilize [the] supply of mortgage money for housing [...] and he was a familiar figure at [more] than 30 NAHB conventions. He was [...] widely recognized as one of the [hou...]... http://books.google.com _____________________________________________________________________