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Columbia University; Columbia Law School.
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With a reported $7.7 billion in assets when Thomas resigned his post in 1996, Thomas and his staff used strategic sums of money—more than $200 million annually—to help needy communities, finance educational and cultural institutions, support civil rights in the United States and around the world, and strengthen and empower policy influencing organizations. Thomas was President and Chief Executive Officer of The from 1979 until 1996. Since leaving the Foundation, Thomas has continued to serve in leadership positions in America"s largest corporations and has continued to work in philanthropic ventures in South Africa.
Thomas was president and chief executive officer of Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation (a non profit community development corporation) from 1967–1977.
He served as Deputy Police Commissioner in Charge of Legal Matters for the New York City Police Department for two years, starting in 1965. Thomas was named Assistant United States. Attorney for the Southern District of New York in 1964.
He was attorney for the Federal Housing and Home Finance Agency (now Housing and Urban Development) in 1963. He graduated from Columbia University, where he was a star basketball player and team captain, and the Columbia Law School (the latter in 1963).
In their article published in the Journal of Leadership, Accountability and Ethics, Fowler, Fronmueller and Schifferdecker argued that Thomas was one of eight Citigroup Incorporated., directors who served on interlocking directorates.
Through these two boards and Trujillo, Thomas is indirectly linked with Lehman Brothers Holdings, Wells Fargo, Goldman Sachs, United States Bank and Fannie Mae by one link for each of them. Thomas connects to Freddie Mac, Bank of America, Mellon Bank and Goldman Sachs by two links and to Morgan Stanley, Justice of the Peace Morgan Chase and State Street by three links. There are five links to Bear Stearns.
He serves on the boards of Lucent Technologies and Alcoa in addition to Citigroup, where he has been a board member since 1970."
Thomas has served on the board of directors of Cummins, Incorporated., Lucent Technologies, Incorporated., Alcoa Columbia Broadcasting System and Pepsi Cola, Incorporated.
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"Through one connection with Salomon Doctorate. Trujillo, Thomas is indirectly linked with four Board Members on the Pepsi Company Board and four members of the Target Board.
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Mexico