Thomas Mellon Schmidt

Background

Schmidt, Thomas Mellon was born on February 18, 1940 in Pittsburgh. Son of Adolph William and Helen Sedgely (Mellon) Schmidt.

Education

Bachelor of Arts in History and Humanities, Princeton University, 1962; Juris Doctor, Harvard University, 1965.

Career

Associate, Kirkpatrick & Lockhart, Pittsburgh, 1965-1970; Adjunct Professor law, Duquesne U., Pittsburgh, 1973-1974; director Fallingwater and Pittsburgh Park and Playground Fund, Western Pennsylvania Conservancy, Pittsburgh, 1975-1996; vice president, counsel, Western Pennsylvania Conservancy, Pittsburgh, 1970-1996; senior vice president for law, Fallingwater and Urban Conservation, since 1996. Developer residential subdivision St. Johns County, Florida, 1975-1988. Advisor Land Conservation Law Institute, San Francisco, since 1990.

Trustee Whitney Laboratory, Marineland, Florida, 1993, 96, Morris Arboretum, Philadelphia, since 1990. Board directors, past president Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy, Oak Park, Illinois, 1989-1993.

Achievements

• Thomas Mellon Schmidt has been listed as a reputable Lawyer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Trustee St. Barnabas Health Sys., Pittsburgh, since 1978, Laurel Foundation, Pittsburgh, since 1993. Carnegie Museum Natural History, Pittsburgh, since 1995. Vice chairman Pittsburgh History Review Commission, since 1987.

Member American Bar Association, Allegheny County Bar Association, American Association Museum, Rolling Rock Club, Pittsburgh Golf Club, Anglers Club New York.

Interests

• Avocations: horticulture, oil painting, traveling.

Connections

Married Hannah Knowlton Wright, June 21, 1963 (divorced 1983). Children: Elizabeth, Helen, Josie. Married Susan Elizabeth Scott, September 5, 1992.

Father:

Adolph William Schmidt

Mother:

Helen Sedgely (Mellon) Schmidt

Spouse:

Susan Elizabeth Scott

Spouse:

Hannah Knowlton Wright

child:

Josie Schmidt

child:

Helen Schmidt

child:

Elizabeth Schmidt