Background
Thomas, Lowell was born on October 6, 1923 in London. Son of Lowell Jackson and Frances (Ryan) Thomas.
(Book is divided into 16 chapters with numerous photographs.)
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Thomas, Lowell was born on October 6, 1923 in London. Son of Lowell Jackson and Frances (Ryan) Thomas.
Student, Taft School, 1942; Bachelor, Dartmouth College, 1948; postgraduate, Princeton School Public and International Affairs, 1952.
In the 1980s, he owned and operated Talkeetna Air Taxi, an Alaska bush flying service. Lowell Thomas, Junior. was a brother of the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity (Phi chapter). Columbia Broadcasting System did not broadcast the resultant film, Expedition to Lhasa, Tibet, until years later, but his book about the expedition, Out of This World, published in 1950 became a bestseller.
In 2005, the Dalai Lama bestowed the International Campaign for Tibet"s Light of Truth Award on Lowell Junior.
Among other appearances, in 1958 he appeared as a guest challenger on the television panel show "To Tell The Truth".
In 1962 He narrated a children"s recording, "The Story of Mr. Globe" which was produced by Replogle Globe, Incorporated in Chicago, Illinois. Today, Lowell Thomas Junior. remains an active bush pilot, environmental activist, and continues to live in Alaska.
Long an inhabitant of Alaska he is best known for his interest in the Arctic Research Labs based in Barrow, Alaska. Much as his father had done he ventured into the harsh environment of the ice islands where research was done by scientists on the Arctic Ocean and its atmosphere including the Auroras. He published his adventure in National Geographic magazine in 1965.
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Invited with his father, Lowell Thomas Senior, by the Tibetan government to make a film there in 1949 with the hope that the their reports would help persuade the United States. government to defend Tibet against the Chinese.
Past president Western Alaska county Boys Scouts American. Board directors Anchorage unit Salvation Army, Alaska Conservation Foundation First lieutenant United States Army Air Force, 1943-1945. Member National Parks and Conservation Association (board directors), Alaska Chamber of Commerce, Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association.
Married Mary Taylor Pryor, May 20, 1950. Children: Anne Frazier, David Lowell.