Tom Griscom | |
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| White House Communications Director | |
| In office April 2, 1987 – July 1, 1988 | |
| President | Ronald Reagan |
| Preceded by | Jack Koehler |
| Succeeded by | Mari Maseng |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1949 (age 74–75) Chattanooga, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Education | University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (BA) |
Thomas Cecil Griscom (born 1949) served as Director of White House Communications under President Ronald Reagan, was a top aide and adviser for a decade to U.S. Senator Howard Baker of Tennessee, and was the executive editor and publisher of the Chattanooga Times Free Press from October 1999 to June 30, 2010.[1]
Griscom served in the 1990s as the executive vice president for external relations for the RJ Reynolds Tobacco company, as an employee of Rupert Murdoch's News Ltd; and as a public relations consultant with Powell-Tate.[2]
In December 1998, Fortune magazine's "The Power of 25: the influence merchants" named Griscom, along with other ex-White House staff, ex-politicians and sons-of-politicians, as a key lobbyist in Washington.[3]
Griscom is a graduate of Brainerd High School[4] and the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.[5]
- ^ "Chattanooga Times Free Press Masthead". Chattanooga Times Free Press. 1999. Archived from the original on March 12, 2007. Retrieved March 18, 2007.
- ^ "Jumping the Fence". American Journalism Review. 1999. Retrieved March 18, 2007.
- ^ "The Power 25 the Influence Merchants (vsw27d00)". Retrieved June 26, 2019.
- ^ "I Am Hamilton - Tom Griscom, grad of Brainerd High - Hamilton County Schools". www.hcde.org. Archived from the original on June 20, 2020.
- ^ "Thomas Griscom". www.tn.gov. Archived from the original on January 23, 2020.