Background
Riggs, Thomas Jeffries was born on June 1, 1916 in Logan, West Virginia, United States.
Riggs, Thomas Jeffries was born on June 1, 1916 in Logan, West Virginia, United States.
Student, Marshall College, 1935; student, Duke U., 1935-1936; student, United States Naval Academy, 1936-1937; Bachelor of Science in Metallurgical Engineering, University Illinois, 1941; graduate, Army General Staff and Command School, 1943.
Second in command Lieutenant, Army of the United States, 1941;
advanced through grades to colonel, Army of the United States
served as prisoner of war, Army of the United States, Germany
from lieutenant colonel to colonel Military Intelligence, Office Military Attache, Mexico, 1945-1947;
resigned, Office Military Attache, 1947;
sales engineer, Linde Air Products Company, 1941;
personnel supervisor, Ford, Bacon and Davies, Inc., Chicago, 1947-1949;
business representative, New York City, 1949-1950;
general manager, then vice president, Tele-Trip Policy Company, Inc., New York City, 1950-1953;
with, F.L. Jacobs Company, Detroit, 1953-1956;
successively general sales manager, executive vice president, president, F.L. Jacobs Company, Detroit, 1954-1956;
executive vice president, general manager, Gabriel Company, Cleveland, 1956-1958;
president, Thomas J. Riggs Junior and Associations, Inc., Cleveland, 1958-1959;
group vice president, Textron, Inc., Providence, 1959-1972;
executive vice president, director, Katy Industries, Inc., Elgin, Illinois
director, HMW Industries, Inc., Stamford, Connecticut, 1972-1975;
president, chief Executive officer, Lawson-Hemphill, Inc., Central Falls, Rhode Island, 1975-1983;
independent consultant, since 1983. Board directors International Paper Box Machine Company, Nashua, N.H., Rawcliffe Corporation, Providence, Multifold International, Millford, Ohio. Chairman national advanced.com.
Small Business Administration, 1983-1986.
Member American Textile Machinery Association (board directors Executive Committee 1978-1983), Smaller Business Association New England (board directors Executive Committee 1980-1985), National Association Corporation Dirs., New York Society Military and Naval Officers of World Wars, Reserve Officers Association, 101 Infantry Division Association (president 1995), Sigma Chi.
M. Maxine L. Nickell, December 8, 1959. Children: Thomas Jeffries III, Julia Lee. Married Virginia Griggs Barrett, November 12, 1948.
Children: Robin Rhys, Geoffrey Godwyn, Rory Balfour, Merry Murray.