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Arthur R. Gallagher

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TypePerson
Borncirca 1948
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
On this page
Person
Born
circa 1948
Work
Police officer, Fourteenth Precinct (assignment reported)
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
governancecommunityeducation
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

Arthur R. Gallagher of St. James, born circa 1948, was a top-ten graduate of the Detroit Police Academy in February 1973. Local notices identify him as a son of John A. Gallagher and record his Coast Guard service before the police appointment.

Evidence and limits

The circa-1948 date is an educational-timeline estimate, not a vital record. The held notices establish the family and service bridge but do not supply an exact birth date, death information, or a complete police personnel record. The June 1973 wedding notice independently confirms this man is the February 1973 police-academy graduate, now a Detroit patrolman, and the May 1997 obituary of his mother, Lillian Gallagher, confirms he is a son of John A. “Johnny Andy” Gallagher living in Redford with wife Patti by that year.

Not the same man as Arthur P. Gallagher. That is a different, older Arthur Gallagher — middle initial P., editor of the Ann Arbor News, grandson of Charles Gallagher (a Vernon shipwreck victim, 1887) and already an established newspaper editor greeted at a 1961 White House tea, decades before this man’s 1973 police-academy graduation.

Sources

  1. Identifies Arthur R. Gallagher as of St. James, reports his February 1 graduation in the top ten of a 91-person class, and gives a fourteenth-precinct assignment; it does not provide a complete police personnel record.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1973-03_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held ten-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published notice or report; it does not expand the source-specific identity, event, or outcome claims.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1973-03_Beaver-Beacon
  3. Lists Arthur Gallagher in ninth grade in early 1963 and as beginning his first year at Ferris College in September 1966. Together these normal educational milestones support a circa-1948 birth estimate, not an exact birth date.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1963-02_Beaver-Beacon
  4. The held five-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published notice or report; it does not expand the source-specific identity, event, or outcome claims.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1963-02_Beaver-Beacon
  5. Identifies Arthur R. Gallagher as a son of John A. Gallagher, records Coast Guard service from seaman recruit through Quartermaster Second Class, and says he was visiting his parents in 1970. These notices bridge the school and police-academy references.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1970-08_Beaver-Beacon
  6. The held nine-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published notice or report; it does not expand the source-specific identity, event, or outcome claims.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1970-08_Beaver-Beacon
  7. Reports Arthur Gallagher, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Gallagher of St. James, married Kristina Woessner on March 31, 1973, and identifies him as a February 1973 Detroit Police Academy graduate now a Detroit patrolman living at 8207 Schaefer, Detroit -- confirming the police-academy graduate is this John A. Gallagher son, not person/arthur-p-gallagher. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1973-06_Beaver-Beacon
  8. Lists surviving sons Ronald, Daniel, and "Arthur (Patti) Gallagher of Redford" -- confirms this Arthur R. Gallagher is a son of John A. Gallagher and by 1997 lived in Redford, Michigan with wife Patti. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1997-05_Beaver-Beacon

Added 1 August 2026 · revised 3 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Arthur R. Gallagher”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/people/arthur-r-gallagher/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, March 1973, “Graduates.” (and 7 further sources listed on the page).

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