Thompson, Dean Allan was born on January 29, 1934 in Peru, Indiana, United States. Son of Paul Franklin and PaulineSt. Clair (Thrush) T. Student Purdue University, 1952-1954. Manager Thompson Farms, breeders registered Hereford cattle, Peru, 1956-1969.
Student, Purdue University, 1952—1954.
Manager Thompson Farms, Breeders Registered Hereford Cattle, Peru, 1956—1959. Owner Thompson Farms, Wartrace, Tennessee, 1970—1987, Peru, 1970—1987. Dean Thompson Productions, Wartrace, Wartrace Records.
Chairman board Instant Copy and Printing, Inc., Monterrey, California, 1976—1986, Trenton Energy Inc., 1977—1983, Bloomfield, Indiana. Vice president, director 5B Cattle Company, Twin Bridges, Montana, 1986—1987. Partner Brann-Thompson Ltd.
International beef cattle judge. Director Maine Manna, Gorham, Metropolitan Board Fair Commissioners. With United States Army, 1955-1956.
Board directors Thrush-Thompson Foundation (formerly H.A. Thrush Foundation). Trustee Middle Tennessee State University Foundation, 1981—1983, 1985—1989, chairman finance committee, 1982—1983, 1985—1987, executive committee, 1983—1989, secretary, 1988, president elect, 1989. Precinct committeeman, chairman Miami County Young Republican Committee, 1962—1967.
Elder Presbyterian Church, 1986—1988. Member of American Hereford Association (vice president president's council 1981, president 1982), Toastmasters (president, area governor), Tennessee Hereford Association (director 1977-1981, vice president 1979, president 1980-1981, director 1993-1997, president 1997), Indiana Livestock Breeders Association, Indiana Cattleman's Association, Polled Hereford Associations (founding director), National Western, Indiana (director 1958-1968, president 1960), Columbia Club.
Married Shirley Roach Anerson, May 25, 2003.
