Background
Pedersen, Thomas August was born on August 26, 1908 in Ribe, Denmark. Son of Peder and Marie (Hahn) Pedersen.
Pedersen, Thomas August was born on August 26, 1908 in Ribe, Denmark. Son of Peder and Marie (Hahn) Pedersen.
Bachelor of Arts Michigan, 1932. Juris Doctor, University Michigan, 1934.
Since practiced in, Knoxville. Law clerk Tennessee Valley Authority, 1935, junior attorney, 1936-1939, associate attorney, 1939, attorney, 1940, senior attorney, 1941-1948, principal attorney, 1948-1953, assistant general counsel, 1953-1969, solicitor, 1969-1971. Lawyer delegate, life member United States Judicial Conference.
Consultant University Tennessee.
Member executive board, district chairman Great Smokey Mountain council Boy Scouts American, 1959. Served to captain C.E. Army of the United States, 1942-1946. Fellow American College Trial Lawyers.
Member Federal, Tennessee, Knoxville bar associations, American Judicature Society, Supreme Court History Society, East Tennessee History Society, International Platform Association, Order Kentucky Colonels Clubs: National Lawyers (Washington). Knoxville Executives (Knoxville), Holston Hills Country (Knoxville), University Tennessee Faculty (Knoxville).
Married Inez Smitherman, April 28, 1940. Children: Thomas Douglas, William Randolph.