Thomas Walter Gilkyson

Background

Gilkyson, Thomas Walter was born on December 18, 1880 in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Hamilton Henry and Eleanor (Trego) Gilkyson.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Swarthmore (Pennsylvania) College, 1901, Master of Arts, 1904. Bachelor of Laws, University of Pennsylvania, 1908.

Career

In civil service, Philippine Islands, 1901-1903. Admitted to Pennsylvania bar, 1908, and practiced at Philadelphia until 1924. Member Johnson & Gilkyson, 1912-1919, Johnson, Gilkyson & Freeman, 1919-1924.

Achievements

• Thomas Walter Gilkyson has been listed as a notable writer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Johnson & Gilkyson, 1912-1919, Johnson, Gilkyson & Freeman, 1919-1924. Served as First lieutenant, Ordnance Department, United States Army, December 1917-May 1918, captain, May 1918-February 1919, major February-May 1919. Arbitrator, wages and working conditions of employees, Lehigh Valley Transit Company, Pennsylvania, 1941, 1944, 1946.

Trenton (New Jersey) Transit Company, 1941.

Member National Railway Labor Panel, National Mediation Board, Washington, District of Columbia, from December 1944. American secretary International Military Tribunal, Nuremberg, Germany, 1946.

Member Delta Upsilon, Order of the Coif, Book and Key ((Swarthmore). Club: Coffee House (New York).

Connections

Married Bernice Kenyon, June 11, 1927.

Father:

Hamilton Henry Gilkyson

Mother:

Eleanor (Trego) Gilkyson

Spouse:

Bernice Kenyon