Memorial set for education union leader Tom Mooney

Family requests scholarship memorial contributions in lieu of flowers

Cincinnati Post, December 7, 2006

A memorial service for educator Tom Mooney will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Memorial Hall, 1225 Elm St. in Over-the-Rhine.

Mooney, 52, president of the Ohio Federation of Teachers, died Sunday at his home in Columbus of an apparent heart attack.

He became active in union activities soon after he started his career in the Cincinnati Public Schools.

He was elected a vice president of the American Federation of Teachers and, in 2000, president of the Ohio Federation of Teachers. Before that, he was president of the Cincinnati Federation of Teachers for 21 years.

Mooney took a tough stand against using public money to fund private school vouchers and pushed for tougher standards for publicly funded charter schools.

The family has asked that in lieu of flowers, memorials be made to the Tom Mooney Memorial Scholarship Fund, c/o The Ohio Federation of Teachers, 1251 E. Broad St., Columbus, Ohio 43205 or to Friends of WWOZ (New Orleans Community Radio), Box 51840, New Orleans, La., 70151.