Background
Deacy, Thomas Edward was born on October 14, 1918 in Kansas City, Missoury. Son of Thomas Edward and Grace (Scales) Deacy.
Deacy, Thomas Edward was born on October 14, 1918 in Kansas City, Missoury. Son of Thomas Edward and Grace (Scales) Deacy.
Juris Doctor, U. Missouri, 1940; Master of Business Administration, University of Chicago, 1949.
Practice law, Kansas City, 1940-1942;
partner, Taylor, Miller, Busch & Magner, Chicago, 1946-1955;
partner, Deacy & Deacy, Kansas City, since 1955. Lecturer Northwestern University, 1949-1955, University of Chicago, 1950-1955. Director, member Executive Committee St. L.-San Francisco Railway, 1962-1980.
Director Burlington Northern Inc., 1980-1986. Member United States team Anglo-American Legal Exchange, 1973, 77.
Member Juv. Protective Association Chicago, 1947-1955, president, board directors, 1950-1953;member Executive Board Chicago county Boy Scouts American, 1952-1955. President Kansas City Philharmonic Orchestra, 1961-1963, chairman of the board of trustees, 1963-1965. Trustee Sunset Hill School, 1963-1973.
Trustee, member Executive Committee University Kansas City, since 1963. Trustee Missouri Law School Foundation, president, 1973-1977, Kansas chapter The Nature Conservancy, since 1994. Captain Army of the United States, 1942-1945.
Fellow American College Trial Lawyers (regent since 1968, treasurer 1973-1974, president 1975-1976), American Bar Found. Member American Law Institute, Judicial Conference United States (implementation commission on admission of attorneys to federal practice 1979-1986), American Bar Association (commission standards judicial administration 1972-1974, standing committee federal judiciary 1974-1980), Illinois Bar Association, Chicago Bar Association, Missouri Bar, Kansas City Bar Association, Lawyers Association Kansas City, Chicago Club, La Jolla (California) Country Club, La Jolla Beach and Tennis Club, Kansas City Club, Kansas City Country Club, River Club, Beta Gamma Sigma, Sigma Chi.
Married Jean Freeman, July 10, 1943 (divorced 1988). Children: Bennette Kay Deacy Kramer, Carolyn G., Margaret Deacy Vickrey, Thomas, Ann Deacy Krause. Married Jean Holmes McDonald,1988.