Thomas j stewart biography
- Biography.
- Thomas Joseph Stewart (July 26, 1848 – November 9, 1926) was a Canadian politician.
- Tom Stewart was a lot of things.
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Chairman Emeritus Thomas J. Stewart
"I enjoy the challenge of finding the right group of people who can make a company run like a Swiss watch and turn them loose."
- Thomas J. Stewart (1945-2010)
Tom Stewart was a lot of things. He was a long-time philanthropist who supported education and the arts; a community activist championing free enterprise over government intervention; and an adventurer visiting the far reaches of the globe.
His 40-year career was remarkable for its continual theme of building successful companies along a road that took him from the rough docksides of Seattle to the careful development of one of the fastest growing and most successful privately-held corporations in America. But what made Tom Stewart a business leader was his skill at building teams that could adroitly manage the business challenges he created.
Since he was a young boy in the 50s, Tom Stewart knew that he wanted to be his own man. He watched and learned from the age of eight as he worked on the docks of Seattle for his father's shipping company. Even at that early ag
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When Thomas James Stewart was born in 1874, in Ireland, his father, Thomas Stewart, was 30 and his mother, Elizabeth Evans, was 32. He married Elizabeth Convery in Ireland. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 7 daughters. He lived in Wilton, Wilton, Saratoga, New York, United States in 1920. He died on 12 May 1925, in Wilton, Saratoga, New York, United States, at the age of 51, and was buried in Brick Church Cemetery, Wilton, Saratoga, New York, United States.
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The name Thomas J. Stewart may be familiar to you if you’ve heard of Stewart Middle School in Norristown. But who was Thomas J. Stewart?
Born in Belfast in 1848, Stewart emigrated with his family when he was a year old, and settled in Norristown. He attended local public schools and Quaker City Business College. The Norristown Area School District’s webpage notes at that he was particularly recognized for his penmanship and that he opened his own writing school.
When he turned 16 in September, 1864, he joined the 138th Pennsylvania Volunteers. The war ended only a few months later, and Stewart never rose above the rank of private.
When he returned to Norristown after the war, he worked manufacturing and selling window glass. He also joined the Pennsylvania National Guard in 1868, and in 1877 was appointed adjutant of the 6th Regiment (he might have gotten the position due to his handwriting; an adjutant is an administrative position). In the 1870’s he became a member of the Grand Army of the Republic, Zook Post #11. According to an article o
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