Quinn Tamm was an assistant director for the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and then later an influential executive director of the International Association of Chiefs of Police.
20 Facts About Quinn Tamm
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Tamm's older brother Edward Allen Tamm was an FBI official and later a federal judge.
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Quinn Tamm was born on August 10,1910, in Seattle, Washington and grew up in Butte, Montana.
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Quinn Tamm graduated with a BS from the University of Virginia.
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In 1934, Quinn Tamm entered the FBI as a messenger.
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Quinn Tamm became a special agent in 1936, assigned to the FBI Laboratory.
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In 1941, Quinn Tamm led an investigation that led to the establishment of the FBI Disaster Squad.
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Mr Quinn Tamm led the FBI team to identify victims and claim their official and personal effects.
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Quinn Tamm worked the Identification Division for 17 years until moving up to assistant director of the Training and Inspection Division in 1951.
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In 1961, Quinn Tamm resigned from the FBI, where he was assistant of its Laboratory Division.
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Mr Quinn Tamm feels that this particular division can make a major contribution to law enforcement in this country.
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In 1961 or 1962, Quinn Tamm became executive director of the IACP.
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Quinn Tamm, 58, is not a policeman at all, but he is one of the most influential voices for police reform in the country.
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Quinn Tamm has been behind most of the chiefs' innovations and has been a prime mover in efforts to interest the colleges in crime and college men in crime fighting.
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In 1965, Quinn Tamm oversaw a year-long study into crime in the nation's capital for the DC Crime Commission; four years later, he criticized city government for its "amazing resistance" to act on those recommendations.
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At the time of Watts riots, in 1965, Quinn Tamm told 3,000 law enforcement officials meeting in Miami Beach:.
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The white-haired, leathery-faced Quinn Tamm, 57, has placed particular emphasis on upgrading the training and community image of police.
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In 1975, Quinn Tamm left the IACP and became a consulting expert on law enforcement.
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Quinn Tamm died age 75 on January 23,1986, in Washington, DC at Washington Suburban Hospital after suffering a heart attack.
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Quinn Tamm was buried in Maryland at the Chevy Chase United Methodist Church, Chevy Chase, County of Montgomery, Maryland.