Joseph L. Gormley
Joseph Leo Gormley | |
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| Born | May 22, 1914 FBI |
| Spouse | Frances Gormley |
| Children | 9 |
Joseph Leo Gormley (May 22, 1914 – June 6, 2004) was the chief of
Born in Clinton, Massachusetts, he was raised in Somerville, Massachusetts. Gormley received his bachelor's and master's degrees in chemistry from Boston College. With his wife Frances he fathered and raised nine children.
In 1940, he moved to
He spent more than thirty three years with the FBI, investigating some of the agency's most famous cases, including the
He retired from the FBI in 1973, and moved temporarily to Maine to direct the Maine State Police Crime Laboratory. After returning to the Washington, D.C., area he worked in the research and training divisions of the International Association of Chiefs of Police. In addition to his work at the IACP, Gormley worked as a consultant for law enforcement matters in his later years. The former president of the Mid-Atlantic Association of Forensic Scientists, Gormley also taught at George Washington University and the University of Maryland College Park. He is remembered as one of the fathers of modern forensic science.
References
- ^ Joseph L. Gormley Obituary http://ftp.rootsweb.ancestry.com/pub/usgenweb/md/montgomery/obits/gazettenet/gnet200409.txt[permanent dead link]
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