Background
Sidlo, Thomas L. was born on March 10, 1888 in Cleveland, Ohio, United States. Son of Thomas and Anna Sidlo.
Sidlo, Thomas L. was born on March 10, 1888 in Cleveland, Ohio, United States. Son of Thomas and Anna Sidlo.
Student of University Wisconsin, 1906, 07, 08. Bachelor of Arts, Western Reserve U., 1909, A.M., 1910, Bachelor of Laws, 1912, HH.D. (honorary), 1952.
Assistant street railway commissioner and commissioner franchises, Cleveland, 1912-1913, commissioner information and publicity, 1913, director public service, 1914-1915. Member and secretary city planning commission, 1914-1915. Member power arbitration board, 1916.
Counsel, traction arbitration, 1919. Partner Baker, Hostetler & Sidlo, later Baker, Hostetler, Sidlo & Patterson, 1916-1938. Financial director, controller and general counsel Scripps-Howard Newspapers, United Press Association, Newspaper Enterprise Association.
First chairman Friends of Cleveland Orchestra. Director Metropolitan Opera Association. Chairman Northern Ohio Association.
President Musical Arts Association. Fellow Order of Plum Blossom, China. Past president, trustee Cleveland Museum National History, Cleveland Institute Music.
Past chairman Cleveland Regional Committee, United China Relief. Chairman Cleveland Civil Defense Foundation. Trustee Newton D. Baker Memorial Fund.
Member American, Ohio and Cleveland bar associations, American Judicature Society (director), Council on Foreign Relations (New York), American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Academy of Political and Social Science, American Sociological Society, American Museum Natural History, Foreign Policy Association, Adult Education Association, American Hygiene Association, National Economics League, Cleveland Chamber of Commerce, Citizens League, Museum of Art, Western Reserve History Society, Alpha Delta Phi, Phi Delta Phi, Delta Sigma Rho. Clubs: Union, Fifty, Mid-Day, Professional Men’s (first president), Alpha Delta Phi of New York (life).
Married Winifred Morgan, June 27, 1914 (deceased March 11, 1932).