Background
Speer, Talbot Taylor was born on January 7, 1895 in Pittsburgh. Son of John L. Dawson and Margaret (Taylor) Speer.
Speer, Talbot Taylor was born on January 7, 1895 in Pittsburgh. Son of John L. Dawson and Margaret (Taylor) Speer.
Student, Brennens and Bradshaw Schools, Pittsburgh, 1907. Student, Episcopal High School, Alexandria, Virginia, 1913. Student, University Virginia, 1915.
Student, University Maryland, 1916. Doctor of Laws, University Baltimore, 1974.
Salesman The Daniel Miller Company, Baltimore, 1919-1921. Assistant to president Baltimore Salesbrook Company, 1922, president and chairman of board, since 1922. President, chairman board The Capital-Gazette Press, Annapolis, Maryland, 1926.
Public since 1926 of Daily Evening Capital. Public from 1926 of Maryland Gazette, Southern Maryland Times, United States Coast Guard Magazine, Chesapeake Skipper, Prince George County News, Maryland, Capital-Gazette News, Ann Arundel County. President Speer Publications, from 1951.
Public St. Mary's Beacon, Waldorf Leaf. Director Union Trust Company Medical, from 1947.
Founder, president National Educational Found, Inc., Baltimore. President Talbot T. Speer Foundation, Inc., 1951-1975. Director Baltimore Association of Commerce, 1935-1940, Baltimore Convention Bureau, 1946-1948, County Taxpayers League, since 1945.
Director United States Naval Academy Foundation, 1950-1954, member higher education committee, Maryland, from 1945. Member higher education committee prison board, 1948-1950. Member West Palm Beach, 1940-1945, Industrial Mobilization Committee, from 1950, United States Army Advisory Committee, since 1947.
Served as Second lieutenant American 1st division in France United States Army, 1917-1918. Resigned with rank of captain 1918. Member N.A.M. (senior director, representative Maryland 1947-1950), Specialty Accounting Supply Manufacturers Association director, Associate Industries Maryland (president, director 1949-1951), Newcomen Society (award 1961), Military Order Foreign Wars, Salesbook Manufacturers Assn, Alumni Association University Maryland (president 1950-1952), Society 1st division American Expeditionary Force, American Legion, Members of the Purple Heart, Delta Psi.
Clubs: Rotary, Maryland, Bachelors Cotillion, Elkridge Kennels, Greenspring Valley Hunt, Carrollton Hounds, Wythmore Hounds, Baltimore Country, Annapolis Yacht, Annapolitan, St. Anthony, Lake Placid, Everglades, National Press, Gulf Stream Golf. Rolling Rock (Ligonier, Pennsylvania). Delray Beach (Florida) Bath and Tennis.
Married Mary Washington Stewart, December 8, 1920 (deceased 1926). 1 child, Mary Washington. Married Louise Pierce Leetch, November 1928 (divorced).
Children: Louise Pierce, Margaret Taylor, Eleanor Talbot. Married Jane Turner, October 5, 1943. Children: Talbot Taylor, J.L. Dawson, Jane Alexander, Ramsey Clarke.