Background
Velasquez, Thomas Aquinas was born on June 23, 1935 in Trinidad, Colorado, United States. Son of Thomas Aquinas and Josephine (Sandoval) Velasquez.
Velasquez, Thomas Aquinas was born on June 23, 1935 in Trinidad, Colorado, United States. Son of Thomas Aquinas and Josephine (Sandoval) Velasquez.
Bachelor, San Francisco State University, 1969. Master of Arts, San Francisco State University, 1970.
Highway engineer-technician, State of California Division of highways, San Francisco, 1954-1960; materials engineer, surveyor, State of California Division of highways, San Francisco, 1960-1968; director SB164 program, City College San Francisco, 1970-1971; Professor of English, City College San Francisco, 1970-1991; professor emeritus, City College San Francisco, since 1992. Staff development director City College San Francisco, 1986-1987. Director First StageReading Company, Daly City, California.
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Board of directors Committee for Better Informed Citizens, San Mateo County, California, 1974-1978. Poetry judge Daly City San Mateo County Fair, 1993-1996. Member International Reading Association, International Society Semantics, American Federation Teachers (executive vice president City College San Francisco 1981-1983, Bay Area Epson Salts (president, editor since 1988).
Married Ruth Laura Lind, August 14, 1957. Children: Laura Lind Velasquez-Murray, Donna Lind Velasquez-Lee.