Bob Thomas (February 14, 1926 – August 10, 2013) was an American businessman, newspaper columnist, and politician. Born in

Indianapolis, Indiana Indianapolis ( ), colloquially known as Indy, is the List of capitals in the United States, capital and List of municipalities in Indiana, most populous city of the U.S. state of Indiana and the county seat of Marion County, Indiana, Marion ...

, Thomas served in the

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1944–1945. He then received his associate degree from

Long Beach City College Long Beach City College (LBCC) is a public community college in Long Beach, California, United States. It was established in 1927 and is divided into two campuses, the Liberal Arts Campus (LAC) in Lakewood Village and the Trades, Technology, an ...

and his bachelor's degree from

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. He worked in electronic musical instruments and was corporate president. He served on the

Carson City, Nevada Carson City, officially the Carson City Consolidated Municipality, is an Independent city (United States), independent city and the capital of the U.S. state of Nevada. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 58,63 ...

school board and was president of the school board. Thomas served in the

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as a Republican 1982–1988. Thomas wrote a newspaper column in the ''Nevada Appeal.'''Former Nevada assemblyman, newspaper columnist Bob Thomas dies,' Las Vegas Sun, Cy Ryan, August 15, 2013

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