Background
Saunders, Stuart Thomas was born on July 16, 1909 in McDowell, West Virginia, United States. Son of William H. and Lucy (Smith) Saunders.
Saunders, Stuart Thomas was born on July 16, 1909 in McDowell, West Virginia, United States. Son of William H. and Lucy (Smith) Saunders.
AB, Roanoke College, 1930. Doctor of Laws, Roanoke College, 1959. Bachelor of Laws, Harvard, 1934.
Doctor of Laws, Hampden-Sydney College, 1959. Doctor of Laws, Lynchburg College, 1960. Doctor of Laws, Emory and Henry College, 1961.
Doctor of Laws, Trinity College, 1960. Doctor of Laws, Washington and Lee University, 1961. Doctor of Laws, Morris Harvey College, 1963.
Doctor of Laws, Bradley University, 1964. Doctor of Laws, University Maryland, 1964. Doctor of Laws, St. Joseph's College, 1965.
Doctor of Laws, Dickinson School Law, 1968. Doctor of Laws, Williams College, 1968. Doctor of Laws, University Maryland, 1968.
Doctor of Laws, University Pennsylvania, 1969. Doctor of Humane Letters, Susquehanna University, 1968.
Practice, Washington, 1934-1939; member, Douglas, Obear & Campbell, 1936-1939; assistant general solicitor, Norfolk & Western Railway, 1939-1947; assistant general counsel, Norfolk & Western Railway, 1947-1951; vice president, general counsel, Norfolk & Western Railway, 1954-1956; executive vice president, Norfolk & Western Railway, 1956-1958; president, Norfolk & Western Railway, 1958-1963; head, Pennsylvania R.R., 1964-1968; chairman, chief Executive officer, Penn Central Transportation Company, 1968-1970; retired, Penn Central Transportation Company, 1970; consultant, from 1971. Board directors Virginia Hot Springs Inc., Hotel Waldorf-Astoria Corporation. Member Business Council.
Chairman board trustees Roanoke College. Trustee Virginia Foundation Indiana Colleges, Foundation for Pennsylvania Indiana Colleges, Hollins College, John Fitzgerald Kennedy Library. Corporation, Committee Economic Development, Indiana College Funds American Tax Foundation Inc., University Virginia Graduate School Business Sponsors, Virginia Theological Seminary.
Member American Bar Association, Virginia Bar Association, Newcomen Society North America, Metropolitan Club, Commonwealth Club, Links Club, Omicron Delta Kappa.
Married Dorothy Davidson, June 24, 1939. Children: Stuart Thomas, Laura Jeter (Mistress Curriculum Vitae Spratley III), Jesse Davidson, William Tazewell.