Background
Yount, Thomas Leo was born on March 23, 1928 in Birmingham, Alabama, United States. Son of Thomas and Hazel Lee (Felts) Yount.
Yount, Thomas Leo was born on March 23, 1928 in Birmingham, Alabama, United States. Son of Thomas and Hazel Lee (Felts) Yount.
B Engineering, Vanderbilt University, 1952.
Assistant to vice president purchasing Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Pittsburgh, 1952-1956. General manager International Electronic Industries, Nashville, 1956-1961. Chairman, chief Executive officer ORTEC, Incorporated., Oak Ridge, 1961-1971.
Senior vice president Edgerton, Germeshauser, and Greer Incorporated., Wellesley, Massachusetts, 1971-1983.
Commissioner employment securityState of Tennessee, 1983-1984. Venture capital and management consultant, 1984-1990.
Board director, chairman of the executive compensation committee, chairman investment committee, member Executive Committee Sovran Bank East. Board director First Cumberland Bank.
Trustee, member Executive Committee Oak Ridge Hospital of Methodist Church.
Member committee of visitors Vanderbilt University Engineering Schools. Member of advisory county college business University of Tennessee;member Tennessee Industrial and Agricultural Development Committee, 1981-1985. Member alumni board Vanderbilt University.
Company-chairman Tennessee Technology Corridor Task Force, 1982.
Elder First Presbyterian Church. Director, Executive Committee Bill Wilkerson Hearing and Speech Center, Martha O"Bryan Board With United States Navy, 1946-1948.
Named Jaycee Young Manitoba ofYr., 1963.
Trustee, member executive Oak Ridge Hospital of Methodist Church. Member committee of visitors Vanderbilt University Engineering Schools. Member advisory council College Business University Tennessee.
Member Tennessee Industrial and Agricultural Development Committee, 1981—1985. Member alumni board Vanderbilt University. Co-chairman Tennessee Technology Corridor Task Force, 1982.
Director, executive committee Bill Wilkerson Hearing and Speech Center, Martha O'Bryan Board. Elder First Presbyterian Church. Member of Society International Business Fellows, Chamber of Commerce Oak Ridge, University Club, Belle Meade Country Club, Rotary (senior active Nashville club, honorary member Oak Ridge), Beta Gamma Sigma, Omicron Delta Kappa, Tau Beta Pi.
Married Jane Wilkerson, September 5, 1953. Children: Lee Yount, Margaret Yount Polen, Pamela White.