Gordon Thomas
Politician
1914 – 1997
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Who was Gordon Thomas?
Gordon L. Thomas was the mayor of East Lansing, Michigan from 1961-71. He was a Democratic candidate for delegate to a constitutional convention to rewrite the Michigan Constitution during 1961–1962 from Ingham County 2nd District.
His service as mayor of East Lansing in the 1960s was amid college-town student civil rights and anti-war protests. He was president of the Michigan Municipal League and served as a member of the executive board of the National League of Cities.
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- Born
- Dec 4, 1914
Orpington - Also known as
- Mayor Gordon Thomas
- Spouses
- Religion
- Congregational church
- Education
- Albion College
- Michigan State University
- Northwestern University
- Died
- Oct 15, 1997
East Lansing
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on July 23, 2013
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