Background
Schwartz, Thomas D. was born on April 1, 1932 in Carbondale, Illinois, United States. Son of Walker and Mabel (Smith).
Schwartz, Thomas D. was born on April 1, 1932 in Carbondale, Illinois, United States. Son of Walker and Mabel (Smith).
Southern Illinois University (Bachelor of Arts, 1956). University of Chicago (Juris Doctor, 1961). Phi Delta Phi. Lecturer, Business Law and Assistant Legal Counsel, Southern Illinois University, 1961-1962.
Trust Officer, Vice President and Director, First National Bank and Trust, Mt. Vernon Section, 1963-1965. House Counsel, Secretary and Vice-President of Administration, Alton Packaging Corporation, Alton, Illinois (now Smurfit Packaging Corporation), 1965-1983.
Panel Member, Foreign Investments in the United States., Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis, 1978.
Lecturer business law and government, assistant legal counsel Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, 1961-1962. Practice law, 1962-1963. Trust officer, vice president First National Bank & Trust Company, Mount Vernon, Illinois, 1963-1965.
Assistant to president Alton Box Board Company, 1965-1966, corporation secretary, 1966-1983. Vice president administration Alton Packaging Corporation, 1978-1983. President Smurfit Pension Management Services, 1980-1983.
Partner Feirich, Schoen, Mager & Green, Carbondale, Illinois, from 1983. Board directors First National Bank & Trust, Carbondale, from 1974. President Southern Bancshares Ltd., Carbondale.
Member advisory board St. Anthony's Hospital, Alton, Illinois, 1973-1983, president, 1980-1983. Elder First Presbyterian Church, Alton, from 1970, chairman board trustees, 1972-1976. Board directors Pride, Inc.
Board directors Junior Achievement, president, 1979-1981. Founder, board directors River Bend Civic Progress Association, Alton, 1980-1983. Served with Army of the United States, 1956-1958.
Member American Bar Association, Illinois Bar Association, Jackson County Bar Association, St. Louis Bar Association, Southwestern Illinois Industrial Association (founder, 1st chairman 1974), Illinois Manufacturing Association (director, chairman Southern division 1977-1979).
married Kathryn Ann Hooker, March 16, 1957. Children: Patricia Ann, Thomas Andrew.