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Adjunct community college English professor, Saddleback College; free-lance writer/publisher; and director of San Clemente Senior Net Cyber Café, a computer education program.  Chairman, San Clemente Beaches, Parks, and Recreation Commission (12 years). Vice President, San Clemente Parks Foundation, and President-elect of the California Association of Park and Recreation Commissioners and Board Members.

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college and university administrator: Chancellor of Johnston College; president of the College of the Tehachapis; dean of experimental education and director of career services, UCLA; dean of students, Cal State, Northridge; director of New Dimensions, Los Angeles Community College District, a college without walls; among other higher education positions.

college professor: four-year college and university experience includes teaching theatre, English, management, and education courses at such institutions as UCLA; Cal State Los Angeles, Northridge, and Dominquez Hills; Loyola Marymount University; among others.

Community college teaching in English & journalism, currently at Saddleback, and, previously, El Camino and Los Angeles Trade Technical colleges

leadership & organizational behavior consultant: Consulted for such organizations as IBM, Computer Sciences Corporation, Proctor & Gamble, Ford Motor Company, among others.

education: undergraduate studies at Occidental College and UCBerkeley. BA, MA, and EdD degrees from UCLA, all in fine arts and organizational behavior.

Additional Information: Author or co-author of eight books and several hundred newspaper and magazine articles. Served four years in U.S. Navy during Korean Conflict. Initial career was in theatre and television, including teaching college-level theatre courses, a national theatre tour, and two years in Germany as a civilian producer/director of soldier shows.  Second career was as a college and university administrator and professor. Traveled extensively throughout the United States, Europe, Central and South America, Asia, Australia and New Zealand, the South Pacific, and Canada. Married childhood sweetheart, who helped to give us four remarkable sons and eight wonderful grandchildren. Reside in lovely San Clemente, California

William "Bill" G Thomas
Immediate Past President
California Association of Parks and Recreation Commissioners and Board Members

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