Background
Thomas, Howard Berkeley was born on April 26, 1912 in Berkeley, California, United States. Son of Samuel David and Jessie Belle (Gartner) Thomas.
Thomas, Howard Berkeley was born on April 26, 1912 in Berkeley, California, United States. Son of Samuel David and Jessie Belle (Gartner) Thomas.
Bachelor, University California, Berkeley, 1933. Juris Doctor, University California, Berkeley, 1936.
Associate McCutchen, Olney, Mannon & Greene, San Francisco, 1936—1938. With United States Government, 1938—1939. Partner Thomas, Snell, Jamison, Russell & Asperger, & predecessor companies, Fresno, California, since 1940.
Visiting lecturer University California, 1956—1958. Associate editor California Law Review, 1935—1936.
Member of American Bar Association, University California Berkeley Alumni Association (trustee 1969-1971), California State Bar (vice-chairman committee taxation 1959-1962), Fresno County Bar Association (director 1958), Downtown Club, San Joaquin Country Club, Sunnyside Country Club, Pi Sigma Alpha, Delta Theta Phi, Order of Coif, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Betty Macaulay Thomas, June 11, 1938. Children: Elizabeth Thomas Burton, Jeanne Thomas Dickerson, Barbara Thomas Brereton.