Thomas B. "Tom" Schueck was born in St. Louis, Missouri, on March 22, 1941.
Schueck attended Washington University in St. Louis and graduated in 1965 with a degree in civil engineering. He came to Little Rock with Peter Kiewit Construction to help build the Murray Lock and Dam on the Arkansas River. Schueck then worked for AFCO Steel before becoming a sales representative for various companies in the steel industry. In 1968 he founded Schueck Steel Products, which is now consolidated with his other ventures into Lexicon, Inc.
Schueck was appointed to the Arkansas State Highway Commission in 2011 by Governor Mike Beebe and has served on the Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission and boards of the University of Arkansas Medical Sciences Foundation and AIDC Foundation.
Schueck passed away on March 3, 2020.
#1: Composite image of early photo of Tom Schueck and still frame from Pryor Center video interview
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#2: Tom Schueck with his father, Arthur, and sister, Patricia; St. Louis, Missouri
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#3: Tom Schueck with his father, Arthur, and sister, Patricia; St. Louis, Missouri
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#4: Tom Schueck with his sister, Patricia, and mother, Loretta "Lily" Schueck; St. Louis, Missouri
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#5: Tom Scheuck in front of his childhood home; St. Louis, Missouri
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#6: Tom Schueck with sister, Patricia
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#7: Tom Schueck (2nd row from top, 2nd from right) with his class at St. Anthonys Catholic grade school; St. Louis. Missouri
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#8: Tom Shueck elementary school photo
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#9: Tom Schueck school photo 1955
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#10: Tom Schueck, far right, at 14 years old; St. Louis, Missouri
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#11: Tom Schueck with his future wife, Marge, at a high school dance
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#12: Tom Schueck with Marge
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#13: Tom Schueck with Marge cutting wedding cake, September 18, 1965
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#14: Tom and Marge Schueck on their honeymoon, September, 1965
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#15: Tom Schueck with wife, Marge and daughter, Jennifer at her christening, 1969
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#16: Tom Schueck fishing
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#17: Tom and Marge Schueck with Barbara and David Pryor.
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#18: Tom and Marge Schueck, ca. 1970s
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#19: Tom Schueck with his wife, Marge, daughter, Jennifer, and son, Patrick
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#20: Tom Schueck with Bill Clinton
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#21: Tom and Marge Schueck (back right) with Don Tyson (center) and friends at a football game
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#22: Tom and Marge Schueck with Vice President Al Gore and Tipper Gore at President Bill Clinton's inauguration; Washington, DC, January 1992
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#23: Tom Schueck with his son, Patrick
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#24: Tom Schueck with his son, Patrick, daughter, Jennifer, and wife, Marge
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#25: Tom Schueck with his daughter, Jennifer McCarty, on her wedding day, 1996
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#26: Tom Schueck with Don Tyson, 1996
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#27: Tom Schueck with grandson, Harrison McCarty, 1996
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#28: Christmas photo from Africa trip 1997, with family and friends.
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#29: Tom and Marge Schueck (center) with their son-in-law, Mark McCarty, daughter, Jennifer (Schueck) McCarty (on left); and son, Patrick Schueck, and daughter-in-law, Jennifer Buckner-Schueck; Christmas 1998
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#30: Tom Schueck (far right) with Jim Lindsey, unknown, Gen and Frank Broyles, Jerry and Gene Jones, and his wife, Marge
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#31: Tom Schueck with Janet Huckubee, Mike Huckabee, and Marge Schueck
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#32: Tom Schueck with wife, Marge
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#33: Tom and Marge Schueck with Alan Sugg (right) at the Towers of Old Main induction ceremony, April 2005
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#34: Tom Schueck with Bill Clinton
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#35: Construction of the VA hospital in Little Rock with Schueck Steel, Inc. trailer; 1984
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#36: Behind-the-scenes photo from Pryor Center interview with Tom Schueck; Little Rock, Arkansas, 2013
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#37: Behind-the-scenes photo from Pryor Center interview with Tom Schueck; Little Rock, Arkansas, 2013
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#38: Behind-the-scenes photo from Pryor Center interview with Tom Schueck; Little Rock, Arkansas, 2013
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#39: Still frame from Pryor Center video interview with Tom Schueck; Little Rock, Arkansas, 2013
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