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Sam Thompson's Biography

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Full Name:

Samuel 'Sam' D. Thompson

Gender:

Male

Family:

Wife: Jacqueline; 3 Children: Shaun, Richard, Vanessa

Birth Date:

07/31/1935

Birth Place:

Mobile, AL

Home City:

Old Bridge, NJ

Religion:

Baptist

PhD, Physical Chemistry, Louisiana State University, 1965

BS, Chemistry & Mathematics, University of Arkansas, Little Rock, 1960

Senator, New Jersey State Senate, District 12, 2012-2024

Assembly Member, New Jersey State General Assembly, District 13, 1998-2011

Appropriations Officer, New Jersey State General Assembly, 2010-2011

Assistant Republican Leader, New Jersey State General Assembly, 2004-2005

Member, New Jersey Commission on Capitol Budget and Planning, 2014-present

Member, New Jersey State Museum Board of Trustees, 2014-present

Member, New Jersey Mandated Health Benefits Advisory Commission, 2012-present

Member, Assembly Task Force on Grandparenting, present

Commissioner, Commission on Business Efficiency on Public Schools, present

Former Vice Chair, Data, Research, and Evaluation Subcommittee, New Jersey State Senate

Former Member, Education Committee, New Jersey State General Assembly

Former Member, Environment and Energy Committee, New Jersey State Senate

Commissioner, Joint Commission on Public Schools, present

Member, Managed Care Task Force, present

Commissioner, New Jersey Commission to Deter Criminal Activity, present

Former Member, School Facilities and Construction Subcommittee

Member, Task Force on Pain Management, present

Member, Continuing Care Advisory Council, 1998-2002

Member, State Council for Adult Literacy Services, 2000-2002

Member, New Jersey Advisory Council on Elder Care, 1998-2000

Member, Task Force on Adolescence Violence, 1999-2000

Co-Chair, Governor's Education Task Force, 1994

Member, United States Armed Forces Epidemiological Board, 1983-1990

Member, Old Bridge Township Environmental Commission, 1983

Member, Old Bridge Township Planning Board, 1983

Director of Analysis and Government Relations, New Jersey Turnpike Authority, 1994-1997

Director of Planning, New Jersey Turnpike Authority, 1994-1997

Director of Communications and Government Relations, New Jersey Turnpike Authority, 1994-1997

Co-Chair, New Jersey State Department of Health, 1972-1994

Resident Scientist, J.P. Stevens and Company, 1968-1971

Resident Scientist, E.I. DuPont de Nemours, 1965-1968

Specialist Third Class, United States Army, 1955-1957

Member, Fire Safety Commission, 2018-present

Member, Pretrial Services Program Review Commission, 2017-present

Member, Public Safety Communications Commission, 2016-present

Member, Middletown Elks Lodge 2179, 1998-present

Chair, Old Bridge Republican Township Committee

Member, Task Force on Health Insurance Exchange Implementation Commission, 2014-2016

Delegate, Republican National Convention, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012

Chair, Old Bridge Republican County Committee, 2001

Co-Chair, Middlesex County Republican Committee, 1976-1994

Awards:

New Jersey State Jewish War Veterans Legislator of the Year;
New Jersey State VFW Legislator of the Year;
NJ State Nurses Association, Legislator of the Year
Garden State Pharmacy Owners of the NJ State Pharmacists Association, Legislator of the Year
NJ Recreation and Parks Association, the New Jersey Shore Builders, Legislator of the Year
NJ Association of Health, Physical Education, and Recreational Dance, Legislator of the Year
I was also cited by the Association of Asian Americans for Excellence in Public Service, by the Indo-American Festival, Inc. "For Continued Support of Indian American Community" (2000).

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