Background
Colbert, Thomas Burnell was born on September 23, 1947 in Carroll, Iowa, United States. Son of Walter Delmar and Marie Anne Colbert.
History and literature educator
Colbert, Thomas Burnell was born on September 23, 1947 in Carroll, Iowa, United States. Son of Walter Delmar and Marie Anne Colbert.
Student, Buena Vista College, Storm Lake, Iowa, 1967; Bachelor in History, U. Iowa, 1969; Master of Arts in History, U. Iowa, 1975; Doctor of Philosophy in History, Oklahoma State University, 1982.
Graduate teaching assistant, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, 1975-1979, 80-81; visiting instructor history, Huron (South Dakot) College, 1979-1980; professor of history and literature, social science/physical education division, Marshalltown (Iowa) Community College, since 1981.
Board of directors Rena Van Orman Youth Group Home, Inc., Marshalltown, 1983-1991. Member central committee Democratic Party of Marshall County, Marshalltown, 1984-1988. Trustee Marshalltown Public Library., since 1996.
With United States Navy, 1970-1974. Member American History Association, Organisation American Historians, Agricultural History Society, Western History Association, Southern History Association, Oklahoma History Society, State History Society.Iowa (trustee since 1991), History Society Marshall County (board directors 1982-1985), Phi Alpha Theta, Phi Kappa Phi.
Married Pamela Jeanette Moffatt, December 28, 1978. 1 child, Matthew.