Who the hell was Major Deegan?

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[OswegoAtheist]

1. A friend of a guy who could name highways

The straight dope's page

Deegan was a devoted Democrat, a political leader, and a personal friend of Mayor Jimmy Walker--maybe now you start to see why he had a highway named after him. In 1928 Walker appointed him the Tenement House Commissioner, what would today be called the Buildings Commissioner. In 1930 Deegan was given the chairmanship of the Mayor's Committee on Receptions to Distinguished Guests--he became the city's official greeter. Today, he'd have had to eat cake with Hillary.

Oswego "There's always this page" Atheist

[rug]

2. "This is for all those people ho find it more convenient to bother you with their question rather

than google it for themselves."

:rofl:

Well, thanks for the info - and the link.