Thomas Schlafly
Thomas Francis Schlafly (born October 28, 1948)[1] is an American businessman and writer. He co-founded the Saint Louis Brewery, which produces the Schlafly line of beers.[2] Schlafly is a graduate of the Saint Louis Priory School, and received his A.B. and J.D. from Georgetown University.[1]
In his capacity with the brewery, he writes a column every month, "Top Fermentation". In 2006, he published A New Religion in Mecca: Memoir of a Renegade Brewery in St. Louis (Virginia Publishing), which recounted the founding of the Saint Louis Brewery.[3] He is also an attorney, working as a partner[4] in the St. Louis office of Thompson Coburn. He is a nephew of St. Louis conservative commentator Phyllis Schlafly.[5]
In 2012, Schlafly was a member of a group of St. Louisans who assumed ownership of the St. Louis Blues National Hockey League ice hockey team.[6][7]
External links[]
- Thomas Schlafly at Thompson Coburn's website.
- Saint Louis Brewery website
- Top Fermentation columns
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "St. Louis City Resolution Number 241". Saint Louis Public Library. November 14, 2008. Archived from the original on July 27, 2011. Retrieved June 3, 2011.
- ^ Saint Louis Brewery/Schlafly Beer, Saint Louis Business Journal, April 6, 2007.
- ^ Harry Levins, "A New Religion in Mecca"[permanent dead link] Saint Louis Post-Dispatch, October 15, 2006.
- ^ Thompson Coburn Attorney Profile
- ^ Zagier, Alan Scher (23 March 2014). "Phyllis Schlafly kin in beer trademark dispute". USA Today. Associated Press. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
A younger generation knows Schlafly as the brand of an up-and-coming St. Louis brewery co-founded by Schlafly's nephew.
- ^ St. Louis Blues, "Local Group Completes Purchase of Blues", May 10th, 2012
- ^ St. Louis Post-Dispatch, "New owners take over Blues", May 10, 2012
- 1948 births
- Living people
- American columnists
- American people of Swiss descent
- American brewers
- Georgetown University Law Center alumni
- Missouri lawyers
- Writers from St. Louis
- Businesspeople from St. Louis
- Beer writers
- American business biography, 1940s birth stubs
- 20th-century American businesspeople