Background
Cameron, Thomas William Lane was born on February 19, 1927 in Newton, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Percy G. and Mary W.D. (Mitchell) Cameron.
Cameron, Thomas William Lane was born on February 19, 1927 in Newton, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Percy G. and Mary W.D. (Mitchell) Cameron.
Bachelor of Arts cum laude, Harvard, 1948; Master of Business Administration, Harvard, 1951.
With sales department Procter & Gamble, Boston, 1951-1953. With Hopper, Soliday, & Company, Inc., Philadelphia, 1953—1986, partner, since 1961, president, 1966-1972, chairman, 1972-1983. Director Hopper, Soliday & Company, Inc., 1983-1986.
Senior vice president Interstate/Johnson Lane, Johns Island, South Carolina, 1986—1999. Chairman Sovereign Investors Inc., 1979-1991. Vice chairman John Hancock Sovereign Investors, 1991-1996.
Chairman Cameron & Associates, Inc., 1999—2008, Rising Dividend Growth Fund, since 2004. Chairman Philadelphia-Baltimore-Washington Stock Exchange, 1970-1974, board governors, 1963-1975. Chairman Dividend Growth Advisers, since 2004.
Board managers Franklin Institute, 1970-1990, chairman, 1978-1981. Board directors Holling Cancer Center, Medical University South Carolina, 1992—2002. Served with United States Naval Reserve, 1944-1946.
Member of Waynesborough Country (Paoli, Pennsylvania) (president 1965-1967). Harvard (Philadelphia) (president 1965-1966), Harvard Business School (Philadelphia) (president 1962-1964).
Married Carol Louise Soliday, June 17, 1950. Children: Helen Delone, Thomas Mitchell (deceased).