Roger Craig Thompson

Background

Thompson, Roger Craig was born on July 22, 1941 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Son of Wilford George and Lucille (Watson) Thompson.

Education

Student business administration, Colorado State University, l959-60; student business administration, Brigham Young U., Liae, Hawaii, l96l; student finance and marketing, Arizona State University, l963-64.

Career

Management trainee, Theo. H. Davies & Limited company, Honolulu, l96l-62; division manager, Sears, Roebuck & Company, Phoenix, l964-67; program manager, Talley Defense Systems, Mesa, Arizona, l968-69; area manager, Fotomat Corporation, Phoenix, l970-7l; marketing manager, Fotomat Corporation, La Jolla, California, l972-73; regional director, Fotomat Corporation, Stamford, Connecticut, l974-79; vice president, co-owner, Biesemeyer Manufacturing Corporation, Mesa, l980-. Member of advisory board Powermatic division Houdaille Industries, McMinnville, Tennessee, l985-86.

Lecturer Brigham Young U., Provo, Utah, l988-.

Achievements

• Roger Craig Thompson has been listed as a noteworthy Manufacturing company executive by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Executive committee, chairman marketing committee, board directors Young Men’s Christian Association, Mesa, since 1987, Mesa Symphony Orchestra Association, 1988-1990. Board directors El Tour de Tucson, since 1988. Chairman Project Eagle, Boy Scouts American, Mesa, 1988-1989.

Vice chair, board directors Mesa Crime Prevention Advisory Board, since 1989. Graduate Valley Leadership, 1991. Bicyclist from Los Angeles to Boston to raise funds for Heart, Cancer and Multiple Sclerosis charities, 1992.

Member Wood Machinery Manufacturing Association American (board directors since 1987).

Interests

• Avocations: long-distance competitive cycling, wood turning.

Connections

Married Victoria Renee Baughn, July 3, l964. Children: Laura, David, Douglas, Jeanette, Sharon.

Father:

Wilford George Thompson

Mother:

Lucille (Watson) Thompson

Spouse:

Victoria Renee Baughn

child:

David Thompson

child:

Jeanette Thompson

child:

Sharon Thompson

child:

Laura Thompson

child:

Douglas Thompson