Michael Anthony Toms

Background

Toms, Michael Anthony was born on June 7, 1940 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Austin Herman Toms and Margaret Dorothy (Pitcher) Slavinsky.

Education

Student, University Miami, 1959-1960; student, University Virginia Extension, 1961-1963; postgraduate, California Institute Integral Studies, San Francisco, 1973-1975; DrTheology, Seminary St. Basil the Great, Sydney, Australia, 1981; Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), University Humanistic Studies, San Diego, 1983.

Career

Field government representative, VariTyper Corporation, Washington, 1960-1964; sales manager, VariTyper Corporation, San Francisco, 1964-1967; regional sales manager, VariTyper Corporation, San Bernardino, 1967-1968; president, Creative Marketing Associations, San Francisco, 1968-1973; Chairman of the Board, The Response Marketing Group, San Francisco, 1971-1973; Chief Executive Officer, Michael A. Toms & Associations, San Francisco, 1973-1976; president, New Dimensions Foundation, San Francisco, since 1973. Senior acquisitions editor Harper Collins, San Francisco, 1989-1995. Exec.prodr., host national public radio interview series New Dimensions, since 1980;Chairman of the Board emeritus California Institute Integral Studies, San Francisco, 1979-1983.

Executive director Audio Inds., Inc., San Francisco, 1981-1983. Adjunct Professor Marylhurst College Graduate School of Business, since 1993, Union Graduate School, since 1994. Founder, Chief Executive Officer New Dimensions Broadcasting Network, since 1994.

Executive editor New Dimensions Book Series, since 1993. Member board directors KQED, Inc., San Francisco, 1980-1983, Green Earth Foundation, since 1989, KZYX-FM, Mendocino County, California, 1989-1991. Member board advisory The Great Round, since 1989.

Works

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• book

  • An Open Life: Joseph Campbell in conversation with Michael Toms

    (In the tradition of The Power of Myth, a conversation wit...)

  • The Power of Meditation and Prayer

    (Radio host Michael Toms interviews thinkers in the field ...)

  • Buddhism in the West

    (This text emphasizes the need for peace, compassion and t...)

Membership

Member Task Force to Promote Self Esteem and Personal and Social Responsibility, Mendocino County, California, 1988-1989. Member international advisory board Radio for Peace International, since 1988. Board directors Human Potential Audio Foundation, 1994-1997.

Member advisory board New Road Map Foundation, since 1991. Member International Association for Socially Responsible Radio (founding director since 1991).

Interests

• Travel, writing, reading, birdwatching.

Connections

Married Justine Willis, December 16, 1972. Children: Michael Anthony, Robert Welch.

Father:

Austin Herman Toms Slavinsky

Mother:

Margaret Dorothy (Pitcher) Slavinsky

Spouse:

Justine Willis

child:

Michael Anthony Toms

child:

Robert Welch Toms