George Frederick Thompson

Background

Thompson, George Frederick was born on October 29, 1942 in Anderson, Indiana, United States. Son of George Frederick and Ellen Leah (Reuter) Thompson.

Education

Bachelor, Pomona College, 1964; Doctor of Philosophy, Claremont Graduate School, 1972.

Career

Assistant to senior analyst, Department Finance State of California, Sacramento, 1972-1975; associate deputy director for finance and capital outlay planning, California Postsecondary Education Commission, Sacramento, 1975-1976; visiting assistant/associate professor, U. British Columbia faculty commerce and business administration, 1976-1977; senior Research economist, Economics Council Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, 1978-1979; visiting associate professor, acting chairman, Graduate School Management Public and Not for Profit Management Group University of California at Los Angeles, 1981; associate professor, Columbia University School International and Public Affairs Master of Public Administration Program, New York City, 1980-1985; Grace and Elmer Goudy Professor Public Management and Policy Analysis, Atkinson Graduate School Management Willamette U., Salem, Oregon, since 1985. Board directors Finance Public, Inc. Member task force on state budgeting National Center for Higher education Management Systems, Boulder, Colorado, 1975-1976, advising committee California State Senate Judiciary Committee subcommittee on Consumr Affairs, 1980-1981, Governor's Task Force on School Finance Reform, Oregon, 1988-1989, advising committee on Tax Reform, Oregon, 1990, Government Standards and Practices Commission, Oregon, since 1995.

Consultant House of Commons Canada, on Regulatory Reform, Public Superior vena cava syndrome Commission New York Attorney General' General’ s Office of Consumer Affairs, Defense Secretary's Commision on Base Realignment and Closure, Senate Armed Superior vena cava syndrome subcommittee on military construction, others.

Achievements

• George Frederick Thompson has been listed as a noteworthy Public management educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member academic advisory board Cascade Policy Institute. Member Association for Public Policy and Management, American Society for Public Administration (executive county section on public budgeting and finance since 1991, section on research andtheory since 1996, Mosher award 1994), Public Choice Society, western Political Science Association, American Society Military Controllers (Gold medal 1994), Midwest Political Science Association, Institute Management Sciences, Oregon Academy Sciences.

Connections

Married Sharon O'Rand, September 8, 1968 (divorced November 1978). Children: MacKendree and Kyrie' O'Rand. Married Ruth Ann Crowley, June 20, 1980.

1 child, Jonathan Crowley.

Father:

George Frederick Thompson

Mother:

Ellen Leah (Reuter) Thompson

Spouse:

Sharon O'Rand

Spouse:

Ruth Ann Crowley

child:

Jonathan Crowley Thompson

child:

MacKendree and Kyrie' O'Rand Thompson