degrees at the University of Missouri in 1934 and started his journalism career at the Boonville Daily News.
In 1936, he began working for United Press in Cleveland, Ohio and transferred to New York City in 1937.
Quigg spent the remainder of his career at UP and its successor, UPI, and covered a variety of subjects.
During World War II, he covered the Pacific Theatre and General Douglas MacArthur's return to the Philippines.
Other coverage assignments included politicians, actors and celebrities, Pope Pius XXII, the Moon landing, court cases, and a nudist convention.