Thomas E. Spurgeon, president and CEO of Lincoln Office Supply Co., Inc., purchased the company – originally a stationery and office supply store – in 1988 from the Thudium family of Lincoln, Illinois. The company had 98 employees at the time. Over the past eight years Lincoln Office has expanded into an office environment company, with additional locations in Peoria (two), Champaign, Springfield, Bloomington, and Galesburg, Illinois; and Valparaiso and Munster, Indiana – resulting in over 200 employees prior to a recent divestiture.
