Background
Johnston, Thomas Gayle was born on October 29, 1909 in Montgomery, Maryland, United States. Son of John Roland Johnston and Agnes Crawford (Gayle) Yeaman.
Johnston, Thomas Gayle was born on October 29, 1909 in Montgomery, Maryland, United States. Son of John Roland Johnston and Agnes Crawford (Gayle) Yeaman.
Educated Princeton University, 1932.
Chief purser Furness Withy Company. New York City, 1933-1936. Copy chief J. Stirling Getchell Company.
New York City and Detroit, 1937-1939, miscellaneous advertising agencies, New York City, 1946-1957.
Copy group head Batten, Barton, Durstine & Osborn, McCann-Erickson, New York City, 1939-1941. Creative director McCann-Erickson Company, Chicago, 1958-1960.
Architect, president, managing director, Chairman, Board Of Directors Moonhole Limited company, Bequia, Saint Vincent, West Indies, since 1964. Sculptor, scrimshaw exhibits include: Philadelphia Maritime Museum, 1977, Mystic Seaport, Connecticut, 1978, Nantucket Whaling Museum, Massachusetts, 1979, Hobe Sound Gallery, Florida, 1979, Weymouth Gallery, Southern Pines, North Carolina, 1980.
Served to Lieutenant commander of The United States Navy Reserve, 1942-1945, Pacific Theater of Operations, European Theatre of Operations. Club: Princeton (New York City).
Married Isabel Holmes McMullen, December 28, 1937 (deceased 1945). 1 child James Cabot; Married Gladys Hinners, May 20, 1992. 1 child Thomas Hyde.