Background
III, Thomas Buckman Harper, was born on January 21, 1925 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Thomas Buckman Junior and Grace (Everman) H.
III, Thomas Buckman Harper, was born on January 21, 1925 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Thomas Buckman Junior and Grace (Everman) H.
Bachelor in Economics, La Salle College, 1948. Juris Doctor, University Pennsylvania, 1951.
Associate Stradley, Ronon, Stevens & Young, Philadelphia, 1951-1980, administrative partner, 1980-1983, partner, 1983-1989, senior partner, 1989—1995.
Trustee, chairman campus development committee, member business affairs committee Community College Philadelphia. Board directors Holy Redeemer Visiting Nurse Agency New Jersey, Holy Redeemer Foundation, St. Mary's Manor, Lansdale, Pennsylvania. Board directors, member membership and bylaws committee Gwynedd-Mercy College.
Member council managers and institutional services Archdiocese of Philadelphia, member board education, 1975-1982. Member president's council Chestnut Hill College With infantry Army of the United States, 1943-1946, European Theatre of Operations. Member American Bar Association, Pennsylvania Bar Association, Philadelphia Bar Association, Philopatrian Literature Institute (past board directors), Whitemarsh Valley Country Club (board governors, secretary), Vespers Club, Peale Club, Sierra (past president Philadelphia chapter), Knights of Columbus.
Married Frances McCarron, October 6, 1951. Children: Patricia, Sallyanne, Catherine, Elizabeth, Thomas, Mary Frances.