Background
Cheek, Will Tompkins was born on October 4, 1943 in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. Son of Will T. Senior and Bessie (Courtwright) Cheek.
investor political organization worker
Cheek, Will Tompkins was born on October 4, 1943 in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. Son of Will T. Senior and Bessie (Courtwright) Cheek.
Bachelor, Middle Tennessee State University, 1965. Master of Arts, University Alabama, 1966.
Director research division industrial development, State of Tennessee, Nashville, 1966-1970; public, The Tennessee Report, Nashville, 1970-1972; president, Will T. Cheek Cons., Nashville, 1972-1977; entrepreneur diversified investments,, Nashville, since 1977; farmer, American General Acres, Williamsport, Tennessee, since 1983.
Secretary Tennessee Democratic committee, 1973-1994, vice chairman, 1994-1995, chairman 1995-1997, member subcommittee on construction, rules and by-laws, 1974. Member Democratic National Committee, since 2000, chairman finance committee, since 2000, credentials committee, since 2000, vice chair southern caucus, since 2005. Board directors Tennessee Industrial and Agricultural Development Commission, Nashville, 1979-1983.
Trustee Middle Tennessee State University Foundation, Murfreesboro, 1985-1991. Board directors Nashville Family Shelter, 1988-1994, Tennessee Environmental Action Fund, president, 1993-1994. Member Association State Democratic Chairmen (executive committee 1996), Pi Gamma Museum.
Married Brenda Dunlap (divorced 1970). Children: William, Catherine. Married Joan Beddingfield, 1996.