Draft:Tim Noonan

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Timothy Troupe Noonan (b. October 31, 1952) is an American writer, ghostwriter, journalist, publisher, podcaster, higher education consultant, and former professional tennis player.

Early life and education

Noonan was born in Springfield, Ohio to Howard B. Noonan, a mortgage banker, and Mary Lu (Kissell) Noonan. He attended Deerfield Academy and Stanford University, graduating with honors in American Studies. He earned a master’s degree in religion and culture from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) and completed doctoral coursework in religion and American history at Harvard University and UNC.

A top ranked junior tennis player and member of Stanford University’s national championship men’s tennis team, he began his writing career while playing on the ATP world professional tennis tour.

Writing

He has written and published over 25 books, most privately commissioned through two imprints: Heritage Histories, a custom publisher specializing in bespoke, coffee table corporate and institutional histories and ghostwritten memoirs for individuals, and Midvale Press, a trade imprint specializing in memoirs, histories, and the Practical Wisdom series. In connection with the release of the first book in the series, Things I Wish I’d Known When I Started My Career, Noonan was a keynote speaker at the Career Management School’s Fall 2024 Career Forum, the largest career services conference in eastern Europe and Russia.

A partial list of books written for Heritage Histories

• We Are: The Charles Stephenson Family, Tulsa, Oklahoma; 2023
• A Maverick from Kansas, (Memoir), Robert Medearis, Davis, Ca.; 2022
• The Little School in the Woods, Ridgewood School at 100, Springfield, Oh,;  2022
• GMI / Kettering University at 100, Flint, Michigan.; 2019
• Washington on Wry (Memoir), James L. Bayless, Austin, Tx,; 2018
• Twenty-three Generations of Lickles and Cauffiels, The William Lickle Family, Palm Beach, Fl.; 2016
• An Exceptional Journey: King School at 125; Stamford Ct, 2015
• R. Lacy: The Man and the Company. (Oil and Gas Company), Longview, Texas; 2014
• Celebrating Our History: Tennis in North Carolina, 2012
• Built to Last, Ceco at 100, (Concrete Company), Kansas City, Mo.; 2012
• Catalina Cowgirl, (Memoir), Ada Schreiner, Port Orchard, Wa.;2012
• The Greatest Respect, Pingry at 125, Bernards Township, New Jersey, 2012
• The Crab Marches On, A History of the Stage Harbor Yacht Club, (publisher only), Chatham, Ma.;2010
• Never a Bad Party: The History of the Deer Creek Club, St. Louis, Mo.; 2008
• The McJunkin Corporation: A Pictorial History, Charleston, W.Va.; 2007
• History of the Convent of the Sacred Heart, New York, N.Y., 2007
• A Pride of Fighting Gentlemen: Trinity-Pawling at 100, Pawling, N.Y.;2007
• The History of Wrigley Gum (2007 untitled, manuscript only), Chicago, Il.  
• A Youthful Hundred. The Centennial History of the Racquet Club St. Louis, Mo.; 2006
• The Lickle File (Personal humorous biography) William C. Lickle, former CEO of JP Morgan Int’l), Wilmington, De.; 2006
• A Community of Excellence (The History of the Jefferson Scholars Program at the University of Va), Charlotteville, Va.; 2005
• William’s Sword, (Fictionalized history of 37 generations of the Alec Worth Family (from 1066) and the Founding of Shamrock Printing, Greensboro, N.C.; 2005
• Building from the Heart (History of J.E. Dunn, general contractors, Kansas City, Mo.; 2004
• Just One More Store (Variety Wholesalers, Inc., corporate history), Raleigh, N.C.; 2005
• A Southern Legacy (The Victor C. Barringer Family and the Founding of Coastal Lumber Company). Roanoke Rapids, Va.; 2003
• America’s Lost Treasure (Atlantic Monthly Press) Ghosted best-seller about the 1857 wreck of the S.S. Central America, Columbus, Oh.; 1998
• Change in the Wind (monograph for the World Business Academy), Santa Barbara, Ca.; 1995

Books written for Midvale Press

• Noonan, Tim Troupe (March 19, 2024). Things I Wish I'd Known When I Started My Career: Advice, Wisdom and Insights for the Young Professional. Midvale Press. ISBN 978-1736375686.
• Gould, Dick; Noonan, Tim Troupe (July 27, 2022). Anatomy of a Champion: Building and Sustaining Success in Sport, Business, and Life. Waterside Productions. ISBN 978-1957807898.
• The Maze and the Meadow: Thoughts on Letting Go for the Spiritual but Not Religions (2023)

Author or Contributor for Books for Other Publishers

• Anatomy of a Champion (Riverside Press) 1^st Edition, with Dick Gould)
• The Secret Female Hormone, (Hay House) Ghostwriter
• The Practical Guide to Practically Everything, (Random House) Contributor,
• The Best Sports Stories Annual Anthology (E.P. Dutton) Contributor
• Mastering the Art of Winning Tennis (Pagurian Press) Contributor

Career

Journalism

He has written business, historical and popular culture features for Life Magazine, Forbes FYI, Esquire, Trilogy, American History Illustrated and many other periodicals. He also served as a columnist for regional and in-flight magazines. His work for Tennis Magazine was included in E.P. Dutton’s annual anthology Best Sports Stories of 1977. His ten-page Life Magazine feature, “The Greatest Treasure Ever Found”, broke the story about the recovery of the legendary lost shipwreck, the S.S. Central America.

Business and non-profit executive

He has served as president of VilCom Media, Inc, (holder of all media rights to University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill athletics) and VilCom Interactive, Inc, (developers of university websites) ; North Carolina Executive Director of the non-partisan Roosevelt Center for American Policy Studies; assistant director of Duke University’s Capital Campaign for the Arts and Sciences; and an account executive for Donnelley Marketing.

Professional tennis

Noonan played four years on the ATP professional tennis circuit, winning the New Zealand Hardcourt Open and earning a ranking in the world’s top 200.