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Toweys often contribute to the betterment of peoples in their locale or, more significantly, to his/her respective country. We earnestly hope to identify their contribution to society.
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Dr. John W. Towey,
Powers, Michigan
During the summer of 1931 ten employees of a railroad tie
sawmill complained of severe asthmatic-like symptoms. Almost concurrently thirty-six employees of
another sawmill had similar symptoms. John W. Towey, M.D., Director of Pine Crest
Sanitorium in Powers, Michigan,
discovered the causes and solutions for this new disease, identified as "Towey's Disease."
Jim Towey, Former Presidential Aide
Jim
Towey grew up in Jacksonville, Florida. He graduated from Florida State
University in 1978 with a Bachelor of Science Degree and earned a Juris Doctor
degree in 1981 from the Florida State University College of Law. Towey represented the late Mother Teresa on
legal matters in the United States and Canada from 1985 until her death and
often traveled with her. Starting in
1991 he served as Florida's District Director of the Department of Health and
Rehabilitative Services. In 1996 he
founded Aging with Dignity, a national non-profit organization to help families
plan for and care during times of serious illness. From 2002 to May 2006 Jim Towey was appointed by U.S. President
George W. Bush as Director of the White House Office of Faith-Based and
Community Initiatives. He has served as President of Saint Vincent College,
Latrobe, Pennsylvania, since July 1, 2006 and will resign at end of 2009 - 2010
academic year. Jim Towey's accomplishments may be read at wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Towey
John Towey, Rochester, Minnesota, Actor
John Towey is an actor, and now actor and classical pianist, who played in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, ER and several other TV shows. Rochester Magazine, in April 2010, interviewed John Towey. The interview may be read by clicking Rochester Magazine.
Inquiries may be emailed to one or more of these contact points:
Mike Towey, Taoiseach, toweymike@hotmail.com, Dublin
Edward Towey, Chairperson, etowey001@yahoo.com, Deephaven, MN
Dan Towey, Assistant Chairperson, toweydan@juno.com, Blaine, Minnesota
Janet Towey Mann, Secretary, jtafmn@snet.net Southbury, Connecticut
Dick Towey, Assistant Genealogist, toweylr@comcast.net Corvallis, Oregon
Bill Towey, Webmaster, wtowey5953@aol.com Stockton, California
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