About The Publisher

Tim Troupe Noonan

Noonan Communications was founded by Tim Troupe Noonan, who remains president. He is also publisher of its two imprints, Heritage Histories, a leading custom publisher since 2001, and Midvale Press, a new trade publisher of thoughtful fiction and non-fiction in the areas of historical fiction, history, business, spirituality and leadership. Noonan is also an author of over 35 books in a variety of subjects (partial list below), including some available and soon to be available under both imprints. He is also the founder and current host of Kettering University’s podcast, Horsepower to Hyperloops.

He began writing for Tennis Magazine while a touring tennis professional. After retiring from the tour, Noonan continued writing for periodicals such as Life Magazine, Esquire, Forbes FYI, American History Illustrated, various in-flight magazines, and many others.

He formed Noonan Communications in 1988 to consult with businesses, academia and non-profits in communications, marketing and advancement. He continues to consult through Noonan Communications, primarily to presidents and other senior administrators at colleges and universities.

Heritage Histories was formed as a subsidiary imprint of Noonan Communications, in 2001 to meet the need for high-quality custom books for businesses, schools, clubs, associations, families and individuals. Corporate, school, and family histories, biographies and ghosted memoirs are the most common products.

Midvale Press was established, also as a subsidiary imprint of Noonan Communications, in 2024 to produce quality trade books, both fiction and non-fiction. The first book in the Things I Wish I’d Known series—Things I Wish I’d Known When I Started My Career: Advice, Wisdom and Insights for Young Professionals – is available now. More books in the series as well as other titles will be coming later this year.

Noonan Communications, Heritage Histories and Midvale Press are all based in Chapel Hill, North Carolina and work with a variety of suppliers around the world in editing, design, layout, printing and binding.

Early Career

Prior to founding Noonan Communications he served as:

  • president of VilComInteractive (developer of ACC websites).
  • president of VilCom Communications (holders of all broadcast rights for UNC Athletics)
  • North Carolina director of the Roosevelt Center for American Policy Studies
  • special assistant for communications and development to Duke President Terry Sanford
  • assistant director of Duke University’s Capital Campaign for the Arts & Sciences
  • account executive for Donnelley Marketing
  • touring tennis professional (top 200 in the world)

Education

Tim Noonan holds a B.A. with honors in American Studies from Stanford University and an M.A. in religion / American Studies from UNC-Chapel Hill. He completed all coursework for the Ph.D. in American History / American Studies at UNC – Chapel Hill and Harvard.

Partial List of Publications

Books Written, Ghostwritten, Book Doctored and / or Published

  • Anatomy of a Champion (with Dick Gould), 2022
  • A Maverick from Kansas, (Ghostwritten memoir) 2022
  • The Little School in the Woods, Ridgewood School at 100, 2022
  • GMI / Kettering University at 100, 2019
  • Washington on Wry (Memoir, with Jim Bayless) 2018
  • Twenty-three Generations of Lickles and Cauffiels, 2016
  • An Exceptional Journey: King School at 125; Stamford Ct, Due 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, (Ghostwritten memoir), 2012
  • The Greatest Respect, Pingry at 125, 2012
  • The Crab Marches On, A History of the Stage Harbor Yacht Club, 2010 (publisher only)
  • 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, 2007
  • A Youthful Hundred. The Centennial History of the Racquet Club St. Louis, 2006
  • The Lickle File (Personal humorous biography for William C. Lickle, former CEO of JP Morgan Int’l) 2006;
  • A Community of Excellence (The History of the Jefferson Scholars Program at the University of Va), 2005
  • William’s Sword, (Fictionalized history of 37 generations of the Alec Worth Family (from 1066) and the Founding of Shamrock Printing. 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), 2005
  • A Southern Legacy (The Victor C. Barringer Family and the Founding of Coastal Lumber Company, a Fortune Private 250 company) 2003
  • America’s Lost Treasure (Atlantic Monthly Press) Ghosted best-seller about the 1857 wreck of the S.S. Central America, 1998
  • Change in the Wind (monograph for the World Business Academy), 1995
  • o   Contributor:
    • The Practical Guide to Practically Everything by Peter Bernstein (Random House)
    • Best Sports Stories Annual Anthology (E.P. Dutton)

Books In Production

  • Springfield Country Club Centennial History (Springfield, Ohio)
  • Horace Mann School, A History  (Bronx, N.Y.) (co-author)
  • The History of Wrigley Gum (untitled)  
  • Lerner Family History

Partial List of Other Publications

  • Life Magazine, Forbes FYI, M Inc, Hemispheres (United Airlines in‑flight magazine), Departures (American Express’ Platinum Card members) Trilogy, Tennis, World Tennis, Duke Alumni Magazine
  • Columnist
    • City, Raleigh, N.C.;
    • The Spectator, Raleigh, N.C.;
    • Sportsfolio, Raleigh, N.C., 1984-95
    • Hemispheres, (United Airlines) “Executive Secrets,” and “Executive Trends”; 1994 - 2001