Background

Worcester, Thomas Kinney was born on February 12, 1929 in Boulder, Colorado, United States. Son of Philip George and Mollie (Brown) Worcester.

Education

Bachelor, University Colorado, 1950. Master of Arts, University Colorado, 1955.

Career

Public information director, Pueblo (Colorado) College, 1954-1957; public information director, The Colorado College, Colorado Springs, 1957-1959; director information services, Reed College, Portland, Oregon, 1959-1970; editor, Touchstone Press, Beaverton, Oregon, 1970-1985. Board directors Executive Committee American Alumni Council, Washington, 1966-1968, district chairman N.W., 1966-1967. Advisor Willamette Writers, Portland, since 1982.

Works

• book

  • A Portrait of Oregon

    (Photographs by Robert Reynolds and paintings by Howard Sn...)

  • Gnomenclature: A Compundium of Sense and Gnonsense
  • Norjak: The Investigation of D. B. Cooper Inscribed
  • Norjak, the Investigation of D.B. Cooper

Membership

President Clackamas County Mental Health Association, Marylhurst, Oregon, 1986-1988, Multnomah County Friends of the Library., Portland, 1982. Board directors Sisters Habitat for Humanity, since 1991. Lieutenant Commander United States Navy, 1950-1953, 61-62.

Member Western Writers American, National Writers Association, Sisters Kiwanis (president 1992-1993).

Interests

• Other Interests

  Avocations: skiing, fly fishing, golf, photography, traveling.

Connections

Married Lois Eloise Nichols, July 28, 1951. Children: Kenneth Lee, Laura Jane Worcester Law, Mollie Anne Worcester McBride, Andrew Thomas.

father:

Philip George Worcester

mother:

Mollie (Brown) Worcester

spouse:

Lois Eloise Nichols

children:

Kenneth Lee Worcester

Mollie Anne Worcester McBride Worcester

Andrew Thomas Worcester

Laura Jane Worcester Law Worcester