Background
Meek, Tom Jones was born on December 15, 1882 in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. Son of Thomas Shephard and Eula Virginia (Jones) Meek.
Meek, Tom Jones was born on December 15, 1882 in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. Son of Thomas Shephard and Eula Virginia (Jones) Meek.
Student Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Bachelor of Philisophy, University of Chicago, 1904. Student law department same, university, 1905, Juris Doctor, 1917.
Teacher high school, Aurora, 1905-1906. Secretary and general manager Orr’s business colleges, 1908-1910. Manager salesman, later general sales manager, The Spirella Company, 1911-1916.
Admitted to Illinois Bar, 1917.
Associate national director Four Minute Men, Committee on Public Information, 1917-1918. National extension director League to Enforce Peace, 1918-1919.
National director speakers Roosevelt Memorial Association, 1919. Sales organizing manager The Spirella Company, 1920-1925, general sales manager, 1925-1928.
Vice president The Hirschy Company, 1928-1929.
General sales manager Marshall-Wells Company, 1928-1933. Vice-president and general manager The Spirella Company, Western, Incorporated., 1933-1939. National sales manager retail portable typewriter, Remington Rand Incorporated., 1940-1942, job instructor trainer, training within industry division, West Palm Beach, 1942-1945, sales consultant since 1945.
Member the Civil Legion (vice president 1926-1927). Member Chicago Bar Association Delta Theta, Delta Sigma Rho. Clubs: Niagara, Athens Athletic.
Married Clara May Long, September 7, 1907.