Being sworn in as a Mt. Lebanon School Director is a special moment on its own. For newly elected School Director Tim Clougherty, it was also a full-circle family moment: he placed his hand on the same Bible his great-grandfather used when elected to the East Pittsburgh School Board in 1945.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Clougherty\u2019s great-grandfather, Patrick \u201cPacky\u201d Clougherty, was born in 1889 to an Irish immigrant family in East Pittsburgh. After a stint in the Philadelphia Athletics minor league system, Packy returned home and worked at Edgar Thomson Steel Works until his retirement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tim Clougherty is unsure whether 1945 marked Packy\u2019s first election or a re-election year, but he knows the Bible used during that ceremony was the same one he used Dec. 1 when taking his oath as a Mt. Lebanon School Director. Packy Clougherty served on the school board until 1971, when East Pittsburgh merged with Turtle Creek, finishing his tenure at age 82. He died in 1975.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cEducation was important to Packy, and he instilled that value in all his children, including my father, Robert, who became a beloved teacher at East Pittsburgh High School,\u201d Clougherty said. \u201cHe wanted all of his children and grandchildren to excel in school as a way to build a better life. That spirit lives on today in what my wife and I are teaching our daughters.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Clougherty said his aunt, Mary Ellen Faulkner, had kept the Bible and brought it to him from Florida for the ceremony.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Asked what he was thinking during the moment, Clougherty said, \u201cI was building on the legacy of those who have come before me and hoping I will be worthy to act as an example for the next generation.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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