Thomas Hancock

Background

Hancock, Thomas was born on August 21, 1913 in Bloomington, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Herbert and Helen (Weeks) Hancock.

Education

D. Laws (honorary), Viterbo College.

Career

Assistant to vice president, Trane Company, La Crosse, Wisconsin, 1945-1951; vice president charge sales, Trane Company, 1951-1953; executive vice president, director, Trane Company, 1953-1963; president, Trane Company, 1963-1994; chief Executive officer, Trane Company, 1966; chairman, chief Executive officer, Trane Company, 1968-1978. Director Employers Insurance of Wausau, Wisconsin, Tenneco Inc., Houston, NorthwestBancorp., Minneapolis, Northern Engraving Corporation, Sparta, Wisconsin, Norplex Corporation, La Crosse, Northern Trust Bank of Florida, Miami. Chairman, chief Executive officer Wausau Insurance Companies, 1985.

President, board directors Air Conditioning & Refrigeration Institute.

Achievements

• Thomas Hancock has been listed as a noteworthy machinery manufacturing executive by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Chairman La Crosse Redevelopment Authority. Board directors St. Francis Hospital. President University of Wisconsin -La Crosse Foundation.

Member county University of Chicago Graduate School Business. Vestryman Christ Episcopal Church Lieutenant commander of The United States Navy Reserve, 1942-1945. Member National Association of Manufacturers (board directors), Wisconsin Association Manufacturers and Commerce (board directors), Minneapolis Club, Chicago Club, Mid-American Club, LaCrosse Club, LaCrosse Country Club, John's Island Club (Vero Beach, Florida, board directors).

Connections

Son of Herbert and Helen (Weeks) H. M. Lena Vogel, August 21, 1942. Children: David G., Thomas C., Pamela E.

Father:

Herbert Hancock

Mother:

Helen (Weeks) Hancock

Spouse:

Lena Vogel

child:

Pamela E. Hancock

child:

Thomas C. Hancock

child:

David G. Hancock