THE KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS UNION COUNCIL #4504 IS HONORING PAST GRAND KNIGHT ED MCCORMICK AT A DINNER BEING HELD ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17TH AT THE COUNCIL HOME ON 1034 JEANETTE AVENUE IN UNION, NEW JERSEY. ED WAS GRAND KNIGHT FOR 2014-2015. THIS DINNER WILL BE TO RECOGNIZE ED FOR ALL HIS HARD WORK AND DEDICATION TO THE COUNCIL DURING HIS TENURE AS GRAND KNIGHT.
ED WAS BORN IN NEWARK, NEW JERSEY ON MAY 3, 1954. ED’S PARENTS ARE EDWARD J. MCCORMICK AND JOSEPHINE T. BIEHL. HIS SISTER JEANNINE WAS BORN IN 1966. ED ATTENDED ST. MICHAEL’S GRAMMAR SCHOOL IN UNION, NJ FROM 1961-1967; GRADUATED FROM ST. CATHERINE’S GRAMMAR SCHOOL IN ELIZABETH, NJ IN 1968 AND GRADUATED ROSELLE CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL IN ROSELLE, NJ IN 1972. IN 1976 HE GRADUATED CLEMSON UNIVERSITY, CLEMSON, SC WITH A B.S. IN BUILDING CONSTRUCTION. IN 1979 ED GRADUATED FROM SETON HALL UNIVERSITY, SOUTH ORANGE WITH A M.B.A. IN ACCOUNTING.
IN JUNE, 1975 ED JOINED THE KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS UNION COUNCIL #4504. HIS FIRST ACCOUNTING JOB WAS AT HAESEKER & SPICER, UNION, NJ FROM 1976-1977. HE THEN BECAME EMPLOYED AT MORTENSEN, FLEMING, GRIZZETTI & BOIKO IN WEST ORANGE, NJ FROM 1977-1980. FROM 1980-1985 HE WAS EMPLOYED AT THORN EMI, PIC NEW YORK, NY.
ED WAS EMPLOYED AT NEW YORK TIMES, NEW YORK, NY FROM 1994-1996 AND WAS EMPLOYED AT STANDARD CASING CO., JERSEY CITY, NJ FROM 1996-2007. ED IS PRESENTLY EMPLOYED AT JAEGER LUMBER COMPANY SINCE 2007. ED WAS TREASURER OF THE BICYCLE TOURING CLUB OF NORTH JERSEY 1993 AND 1994. HE WAS THE VICE PRESIDENT IN 1995-1996 AND BECAME PRESIDENT IN 1997-1998. ED WAS A YOGA INSTRUCTOR AT LIVINGSTON YMCA FROM 1996-2006. HE BECAME WARDEN OF UNION K OF C FROM SEPT. 2012 TO FEB. 2013, CHANCELLOR FROM FEB. 2013 TO JUNE 2013, DEPUTY GRAND KNIGHT FRON JULY 2013 TO JUNE 2014, AND GRAND KNIGHT FROM JULY 2014 TO JUNE 2015.
ED’S FATHER WAS K OF C YOUTH ACTIVITIES CHAIRMAN IN 1964 AND 1965. HE REMEMBERS SETTING OUT A COUPLE HUNDRED PLASTIC JESUS’S ON TABLES IN THE BANQUET HALL BEFORE THE CHILDREN’S CHRISTMAS PARTY. HE ALSO REMEMBERS SPENDING MANY SATURDAYS AT THE FOUR SEASONS BOWLING ALLEY WHILE HIS FATHER OVERSAW THE KNIGHT’S YOUTH BOWLING LEAGUE.
WHEN ED WAS LEAVING THE KNIGHTS HALL AFTER TAKING HIS 3RD DEGREE IN JUNE 1975, HE WAS CROSSING THE STREET WITH HIS FATHER AND JIM MORAN, PGK. HE DROPPED BACK A STEP OR TWO AND HEARD JIM MORAN SAY TO HIS FATHER “8 YEARS, GRAND KNIGHT” AND POINTED AT ED. JIM WAS OFF BY 30 YEARS, BUT HE WAS RIGHT.
ED RODE OVER A HUNDRED CENTURY RIDES (100 MILE RIDES) DURING HIS YEARS WITH THE BICYCLE TOURING CLUB OF NORTH JERSEY. HE WENT ON SEVERAL MULTI-DAY RIDES WITH A SMALL GROUP OF BTCNJ MEMBERS, THE MOST MEMORABLE OF WHICH WAS HIS FIRST TO NIAGARA FALLS, CANADA AND BACK (900 MILES IN 9 DAYS). ED’S MOST MEMORABLE SKI TRIP WAS TO DAMULS, AUSTRIA (THERE ARE A FEW GREAT STORIES FROM THAT TRIP) PLUS THREE TRIPS TO TAOS, NM BEING A CLOSE SECOND. HE ALSO SKIED IN NJ, NY, MAINE, NEW HAMPSHIRE, VERMONT, CONNECTICUT, COLORADO, UTAH, MONTANA AND WYOMING. ED HAS TRAVELED TO EUROPE MANY TIMES VISITING ENGLAND, FRANCE, PORTUGAL, HOLLAND, GERMANY, AUSTRIA, PRAGUE, SWITZERLAND, ITALY AND HUNGARY. HIS FAVORITE CARIBBEAN ISLAND IS ST. MAARTEN. ED AND TERRY BRESLIN HAVE BEEN PARTNERS SINCE 1990 AND HAVE SHARED MANY OF THESE WONDERFUL VACATION TRIPS TOGETHER.
NOW, THEREFORE, ON BEHALF OF THE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE, I, MANUEL FIGUEIREDO, MAYOR OF THE TOWNSHIP OF UNION, IN THE COUNTY OF UNION, STATE OF NEW JERSEY, HEREBY CONGRATULATE ED MCCORMICK FOR BEING HONORED BY THE KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS COUNCIL #4504, UNION, NEW JERSEY AND EXPRESS MUCH APPRECIATION FOR HIS DEPENDABLE AND FAITHFUL SERVICE AND EXTEND SINCERE BEST WISHES FOR CONTINUED SUCCESS AND HAPPINESS IN THE YEARS AHEAD.