Background
Thompson, Jerome Lafayette was born on April 30, 1952 in Ames, Iowa, United States. Son of Louis Milton Thompson, Sr and Margaret Stromberg Thompson.
Thompson, Jerome Lafayette was born on April 30, 1952 in Ames, Iowa, United States. Son of Louis Milton Thompson, Sr and Margaret Stromberg Thompson.
Bachelor, Iowa State University, 1974. Master of Arts, Texas Technology University, Lubbock, 1977.
Site administrator Territory Hill, Des Moines. History sites coordinator State History Society of Iowa, 1982—1986, museum director, 1986—2004, state curator, since 2004.
Member of Territory Hill Society, Iowa Museum Association (president 1991-1993, board directors since 1994).
Married Gretchen Lynn Mlinar, June 28, 1975. 1 child Grant Lafayette.