Maurice Patrick Foley "Porky"
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2006
Maurice Patrick Foley, 74, a business owner, developer and construction executive, died Sept. 18 of cancer at his home in Great
Cacapon, W.Va.
Mr. Foley was a Washington native and attended Gonzaga College High School and Eastern High School. He was a batboy for
the Washington Senators in 1945 and boxed in the Junior Golden Gloves for the D.C. police Boys Club team. He also played
semiprofessional football.
After working in construction for several years, Mr. Foley founded Foley Co. in 1959. The company became a leading mechanical
and electrical contracting company and its projects included the Watergate Hotel, the J. Edgar Hoover FBI Building and the
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden.
In 1974, Mr. Foley founded International Realty Consultants Inc., a commercial real estate development firm. He helped develop
commercial properties from the mid-Atlantic states to Florida.
From 1987 to 1991, Mr. Foley was director of construction for the Marriott Corp., supervising all mechanical, electrical, plumbing,
life safety and fire protection systems in Marriott construction projects.
He moved in 1994 to West Virginia, where he founded Associated Consulting Services, a construction business. He was one of
the first licensed radon inspectors in West Virginia and was also a licensed real estate agent.
Mr. Foley was a founding director of Century National Bank in Bethesda, established in the late 1970s.
He was a founder and past president of the Metropolitan Subcontractors Association of Washington and a past president of the
Mechanical Contractors Association of America. He was a member of the American Society of Sanitary Engineers, the American
Arbitration Association and the Berkeley Springs (W.Va.) Chamber of Commerce.
Mr. Foley lived in Potomac and later in Bethesda before moving to West Virginia. He was a member of St. Patrick's Catholic
Church in Rockville and Our Lady of Mercy Catholic Church in Potomac. He was a 30-year member of Congressional Country
Club.
His marriage to Judy Foley ended divorce.
A daughter from that marriage, Kathleen Elizabeth Foley, died in March.
Survivors include his wife of 16 years, Carol Jawish Foley of Great Cacapon; three children from his first marriage, Kyle Matthew
Foley of Annandale, Colleen Foley Walsh of Rockville and Erin Foley Crouch of Easton, Md.; a stepson, Gary King Jawish Jr. of
Frederick; and seven grandchildren.