Background
Gealta, Thomas Soderberg was born on December 3, 1936 in Ogden, Utah, United States. Son of Cecil Gordon and Margaret Sophia (Soderberg) Gealta.
Gealta, Thomas Soderberg was born on December 3, 1936 in Ogden, Utah, United States. Son of Cecil Gordon and Margaret Sophia (Soderberg) Gealta.
Bachelor of Science in Political Science, San Francisco State University, 1959. Master of Arts in Management and Supervision, Central Michigan University, 1976. Master of Science in Geology, University Southern Florida, 1990.
Pilot passenger service, United Airlines, San Francisco, 1956-1959; second in command Lieutenant, United States Air Force, 1959; advanced through grades lieutenant colonel, United States Air Force pilot, United States Air Force Air Weather Svc., Sacramento, California, 1960-1962; instructor pilot, United States Air Force Air Rescue Svc., Lajes-Azores, 1968-1971; command pilot, United States Air Force Military Airlift Command, Charleston, South Carolina., 1971-1980; transportation evaluator, United States Air Force United States Readiness Command, Tampa, 1980-1984; retired, 1984; teacher, St. Marys, Tampa, 1991-1993.
Historian Order of Daedalians, MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, since 1981. Past. president West Pasco Model Pilots Association, Tampa, 1984-1985.
Married Beverly Beets, June 11, 1959 (divorced June 1988). Children: Anne Elizabeth, Thomas S. Junior.