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).