Background
Price, Thomas Emile was born on November 4, 1921 in Cincinnati. Son of Edwin Charles and Lillian Elizabeth (Werk)Price.
Price, Thomas Emile was born on November 4, 1921 in Cincinnati. Son of Edwin Charles and Lillian Elizabeth (Werk)Price.
Bachelor of Business Administration, University Texas, 1943. Postgraduate, Harvard University, 1944.
November.26, 1988); 1 child by previous marriage, Dorothy Elizabeth Wood Price. Stepchildren: Bruce Albert, Mark Frederic, Scott Herbert, Eric William Matthews. Company-founder Price Y Cia, Incorporated., Cincinnati, 1946, secretary, 1946-1975, treasurer, 1946, president, 1975, also director
Company-founder Price Paper Products Corporation (merger Price Y Cia, Incorporated.), Cincinnati, 1956, treasurer, 1956-1975,president, 1975-1990, secretary, 1956-1975, also director
Member Cincinnati Regional Export Expansion Committee, 1961-1963. Director Center Acceptance Corporation, 1954-1955.
Founding member and director Cincinnati Royals Basketball Club Company, 1959-1973. Referee Tri-State Tennis Championships, 1963-1968, Western Tennis Championships, 1969-1970, National Father-Son Clay Court Championships, 1974, Tennis GrandMasters Championships, 1975-1977, 80.
Volunteer coach Walnut Hills High School Boys Team, Cincinnati, 1970-1981.
Chairman and coach Greater Cincinnati Junior Davis Cup, 1968-1978. Company-founder Tennis Patrons of Cincinnati, Incorporated., 1951, trustee, 1951-1979, president, 1958-1963, 68. Company-founder Greater Cincinnati Tennis Association, 1979.
Participant in fund raising drives Cincinnati Boys Amateur Baseball Fund.
Chairman Greater Cincinnati Young Men's Christian Association World Svc. Fund Drive, 1962-1964.
Trustee Cincinnati World Affairs Institute, 1957-1960, general chairman, 1959. First lieutenant United States Army Air Force, 1943-1946.
European Theatre of Operations.
Elected to Western Hills High School Sport Hall of Honor. Named honorary Almaden Grand Master, 1980. Cincinnati Metropolitan Tennis Tournament renamed Thomas East. Price Cincinnati Metropolitan Tennis Torunament, 1991.
Referee Tri-State Tennis Championships, 1969-1970, National FAther-Son Clay Court Championships, since 1974, Tennis Grand Masters Championships, 1975-1977, 80. Volunteer coach Walnut Hills High School Boys Team, Cincinnati Junior Davis Cup, 1968-1978. Co-founder Tennis Patrons of Cincinnati, Inc., 1951, trustee, 1951-1979, president, 1958-1963, 68.
Co-founder Greater Cincinnati Tennis Association, 1979. Participant in fundraising drives in Cincinnati Boys Amateur Baseball Fund. Chairman greater Cincinnati Young Men’s Christian Association World Service Fund Drive, 1962-1964.
Trustee Cincinnati World Affairs Institute, 1957-1960, general chairman, 1959. 1st lieutenant United States Army Air Force, 1943-1946, European Theatre of Operations. Member Cincinnati World Trade Club (president 1959), United States Trotting Association, Cincinnati History Society, United States Lawn Tennis Association (trustee 1959-1960, 62-64, chairman Junior Davis Cup committee 1960-1962, founder Colonel HJames H. Bishop award 1962), Ohio Valley Tennis Association (trustee since 1948, Gillespie award 1957, Dredge award 1973, president 1952-1953, Tom Pirce award named in his honr at Junior Davis Cup), Western Tennis Association (trustee since 1951, member championships advisory committee 1969-1978, president 1959-1960, Hall of Fame 1994, Melvin R. Bergman Distinguished Service award 1989), Greater Cincinnati Tennis Association (named after and recipient Tom Price award), Association Tennis Professional (national championships advisory since 1979), Cincinnati Country Club, University Club, Cincinnati Tennis Club (honorary, life, president 1957-1958, advisory committee since 1959, Founders and Guardians award 1983), Indoor Tennis Club, Eastern Hills Indoor Tennis Club, Phi Gamma Delta.
Married Lois Margaret Gahr Matthews, December 21, 1970 (deceased November 26 1988). 1 child by previous marriage, Dorothy Elizabeth Wood Price. Stepchildren: Bruce Albert, Mark Frederic, Scott Herbert, Eric William Matthews.