Background
Anderson, Thomas Dunaway was born on March 9, 1912 in Oklahoma City. Son of Frank Ervin and Burdine (Clayton) Anderson.
Anderson, Thomas Dunaway was born on March 9, 1912 in Oklahoma City. Son of Frank Ervin and Burdine (Clayton) Anderson.
Washington & Lee University (Bachelor of Laws, 1934). Rice University. Phi Delta Phi. Recipient, LL.D, Lambuth College, Jackson, Tennessee, 1967.
First Recipient of the Leon Jaworski Award for Community Service, given by the Women's Auxiliary of the Houston Bar Association, 1988.
Working as a partner of Anderson, Brown & Jones. Admitted to the bar, 1933, Virginia. 1934, Texas. Major clients of Thomas Anderson: Mohawk Oil and Gas, Incorporated, Petróleos Colombianos Limited. Colombia Placer Gold Mining Company
Atlas Merkur A/G.
Houston Petroleum Company OHM International Corporation.
Trustee emeritus Washington and Lee University. Past president, chairman Kelsey Seybold Foundation, Protestant Episcopal Church Council, Diocese of Texas, Washington-on-Brazos State Park Association, Museum Fine Arts Houston, Houston Grand Opera. Board directors Bayou Bend Gardens Endowment, Retina Research Foundation, Harris County History Commission, Winedale Advisory Council, University Texas.
Life Guard of Historic Mount Vernon, Virginia. Life member, past president of the board visitors M.D.Anderson Cancer Center. Member American Bar Association, Texas Bar Association, Philosophical Society Texas, Bayou, Eagle Lake Rod and Gun Club, Houston Country Club, Petroleum Club of Houston, River Oaks Garden Club (honorary), Sons of the American Revolution, Omicron Delta Kappa, Phi Delta Phi.
Married Helen Sharp, February 21, 1938. Children: Helen Shaw, Lucille Streeter, John Sharp.