Thomas Edward McCue III, 69, died Saturday, Aug. 19, 2017, in Williamsburg, Va., following a brief illness.
He was born March 18, 1948, at Bryn Mawr Hospital to Thomas Edward McCue Jr. and Mildred Teal McCue and was raised in Glen Mills, Pa. He was baptized at St. Thomas the Apostle Church, Chester Heights, Pa. The McCue family were founding members of the parish, which was formed in 1851. He attended high school at Archmere Academy, graduating in 1966.
He matriculated at Siena College, Albany, N.Y., and later received a B.A. in philosophy from Temple University in 1971. He entered the MBA program at Virginia Tech, in Blacksburg, Va., in 1977. While there, he met his wife, Melissa Rhodes of Richmond, Va. They were married in 1979 in Richmond.
He received a Ph.D. in finance from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1983, and following graduation was an assistant professor of finance at the McIntire School of Commerce at the University of Virginia from 1983 to 1985 and later associate professor of finance in the Department of Business Administration at George Washington University.
In 1989, he began his 27-year career at the Palumbo-Donahue School of Business, Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, Pa. At Duquesne, he taught courses in corporate finance and security analysis and was active in his department. He served as president of the faculty senate and as chair of the graduate curriculum committee within the School of Business. He served as a mentor and supporter of his younger colleagues as they began their academic careers. He was also the author of numerous articles and contributed to several books.
Tom and Melissa moved to Pittsburgh in 1989, living first in Allison Park and later in Gibsonia, Pa. They were active members of Saints John and Paul Parish in Sewickley, Pa.
Earlier this year, following Tom’s retirement from Duquesne, Tom and Melissa moved to Williamsburg, Va., where they celebrated their 38th wedding anniversary in June 2017 during a McCue Family reunion. They also purchased a home in Kill Devil Hills, N.C., where they had always dreamed of living.
Tom is survived by his wife and three children, Molly of Zionsville, Ind., Patrick of Washington, D.C., and Meredith of Arlington, Va. He is also survived by his siblings, Patricia MacLeish of Newport, R.I.; Teresa Frantz of Kennett Square, Pa., Michael J. McCue of Richmond, Va., Richard T. McCue of Glenmore, Pa., and Daniel L. McCue of Kennett Square, Pa., who will all miss his wonderful humor and generosity to them and their children. He is also survived by his brother-in-law, Hunter Rhodes, as well as many nieces and nephews.
A funeral Mass will be held at 3 p.m. Friday, Aug. 25, at St. Olaf’s Parish, Williamsburg, with visitation the hour prior. Burial will be held at noon Saturday, Aug. 26, in Riverview Cemetery, Charlottesville, Va. A memorial service will also be held in Pittsburgh at a later date.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be sent to Little Sisters of the Poor-Pittsburgh.
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