Siddhesh Joshi (Editor)

Franklin McQuaide

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
Died
  
June 21, 1954

Department
  
Pittsburgh Police

Name
  
Franklin McQuaide


Born
  
September 2, 1887
Limerick section of Pittsburgh, PA

Years of service
  
1907 -1944 (Pittsburgh Police)

Rank
  
- Chief 1933-1934 1936-1939

Other work
  
Head of Homicide 1939-1944

Franklin T. McQuaide (September 2, 1887 - June 21, 1954) was a longtime Pittsburgh Police leader, who served as Pittsburgh Police Chief from 1933 until 1934 and again from Summer 1936-Spring 1939. He was then the head of the homicide division from 1939 until his retirement in 1944 when he became the Chief of Police at Kennywood, an amusement park in neighboring West Mifflin, Pennsylvania.

Before becoming chief, McQuaide joined the force as a detective in 1907. He also worked as the head of security at the William Penn Hotel and ran the McQuaide Detective Agency, founded by his father, Thomas A.McQuaide, from 1928 until he was chosen as Pittsburgh Police Chief in 1933. McQuaide lived with his wife, Eleanor Joyce McQuaide, and their nine children in the Mount Washington (Pittsburgh) neighborhood of Pittsburgh.

References

Franklin McQuaide Wikipedia