Background
Salmon, Thomas Paul was born on August 19, 1932 in Cleveland. Son of Thomas Aloysius and Lucy Moylan (Conlon) Salmon.
Salmon, Thomas Paul was born on August 19, 1932 in Cleveland. Son of Thomas Aloysius and Lucy Moylan (Conlon) Salmon.
Boston College (Bachelor of Arts, 1954. Juris Doctor, 1957); New York University (Master of Laws in Taxation, 1958). Adjunct Professor, Masters of Public Administration Division, University of Vermont, since 1988.
Town Counsel, Town of Rockingham, 1960-1972. Judge of Bellows Falls Municipal Court, 1963- 1965. Member, 1965-1970 and Minority Leader, 1969-1970, House of Representatives, Vermont General Assembly.
Member, Legislative Apportionment Board, 1971-1972. Governor of Vermont, 1973-1977. Member, Board of Directors, United States Railway Association, 1979-1983.
Chairman of Board, Green Mountain Power Company, since 1983. Chairman, Vermont Business Roundtable, since 1987.
Clerk Ryan, Smith and Carbine, Rutland, Vermont, 1958-1959. Associate Robert J. Crotty, Bellows Falls, 1959. Private practice, 1960-1972.
Governor State of Vermont, Montpelier, 1973-1977. Senior partner Salmon & Nostrand, Bellows Falls, 1977-1991. Interim president University Vermont, Burlington, 1991-1993, president, since 1993.
Judge Municipal Court, Bellows Falls, 1963-1965. Chairman board directors Green Mountain Power Corporation, Burlington. Board directors Vermont Electric Company, Rutland, Banknorth Group, Burlington, Union Mutual Life Insurance Company, Montpelier, Central Vermont Railroad, St. Albans.
Chairman Judicial Conduct Board, Montpelier, 1984-1988.
Member Vermont House of Representatives, 1965-1970, minority leader, 1969-1971. Member American Medical Association, Vermont Bar Association, Windham County Bar Association.
Married Madeleine Salmon, August 16, 1958 (divorced 1983). Children: Marguerite M., Anne Marie, Thomas M., Caroline M. Married Susan J. Bisson, 1984.