Thomas L. Preston

Background

Preston, Thomas L. was born on October 25, 1897 in Richmond. Son of William Carruthers and Eliza Kennon (Myers) Preston.

Education

Student Episcopal High School, 1912-1915. Bachelor of Science, University Virginia, 1918, Bachelor of Laws, 1922. Student Harvard Medical School, 1919.

Career

Bar, 1922, practiced as associate West. R. Perkins, New York City, 1923-1924. Associate firm of Leake & Buford, Richmond, 1924-1928. Attorney, law department C.&O. Railway, Richmond, 1928-1933, assistant general solicitor, 1933-1938, general solicitor, 1938-1943.

General solicitor South.A.L. Railroad, Norfolk, 1943-1945.

Assistant general counsel Association American Railroad’s, Washington, 1945-1946, general solicitor, since 1947, now vice president Commissioned Second lieutenant, Field Artillery, R.O.T.C., 1918.

Achievements

• Thomas L. Preston has been listed as a reputable lawyer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American, Virginia bar associations, Association International Criminal Court Practitioners, Phi Beta Kappa, Delta Psi, Raven Society.

Connections

Married Anne Gordon Brockenbrough, January 6, 1930. Children: Mercer B., Edmund R.

Father:

William Carruthers Preston

Mother:

Eliza Kennon (Myers) Preston

Spouse:

Anne Gordon Brockenbrough

child:

Mercer B. Preston

child:

Edmund R. Preston