Background
Leighton, Thomas Gibbons was born on March 13, 1925 in Minneapolis. Son of William Henry and Anna Marie (Jensen) Leighton.
Leighton, Thomas Gibbons was born on March 13, 1925 in Minneapolis. Son of William Henry and Anna Marie (Jensen) Leighton.
Bachelor with cum laude, University Minnesota, 1948. Grad, University Wisconsin.
Reporter, columnist Minneapolis Daily Times, 1942—1948. Officer savings bonds division United States Treasury Department, Washington, 1948—1950. Director information United States Displaced Persons Commission, 1951—1952.
Advisor to majority policy committee United States Senate Washington, 1953—1956. Director public relations National Cultural Center Performing Arts, Washington, 1956—1960. Senior vice president, director, director management counseling division Dudley-Anderson-Yutzy Public Relations & Public Affairs, Incorporated, New York York City, 1960—1977.
President, management cons Thomas G. Leighton & Company, from 1977. Consultant W. K. Kellogg Company, Northeast Utilities, Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corporation, Westinghouse Corp, McKinsey & Company, Inc., from 1977.
Member of Public Relations Society America (counselors section member, Silver Anvil award 1975).
Married Mary Miller Leighton, July 20, 1963. Children: Pamela Ann, Thomas Jensen.