Lee Muller Thomas (born June 13, 1944) was head of the United StatesEnvironmental Protection Agency from 1985 to 1989 under President Ronald Reagan. He succeeded William Ruckelshaus. June 13 is the 164th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (165th in leap years), with 201 days remaining. ... Year 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... EPA redirects here. ... Ronald Wilson Reagan (February 6, 1911 – June 5, 2004) was the 40th President of the United States (1981–1989) and the 33rd Governor of California (1967–1975). ... William Doyle Ruckelshaus (born July 24, 1932) is an attorney and civil servant in the United States. ...
Administrator of the EPA when the report "Unfinished Business: A Comparative Assessment of Environmental Problems" was released.
Thomas earned his Masters in Education from the University of South Carolina, where he did postgraduate work in psychology. He received his bachelor of arts degree in psychology from the University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee. The Master of Education (M.Ed. ... The University of South Carolina, Columbia (USC or Carolina) is a public, co-educational, research university located in Columbia, South Carolina, United States. ... Psychology is an academic and applied discipline involving the scientific study of mental processes and behavior. ... Bachelor of Arts (B.A., BA or A.B.), from the Latin Artium Baccalaureus is an undergraduate bachelors degree awarded for either a course or a program in the liberal arts or the sciences, or both. ... The University of the South The University of the South is located in Sewanee, Tennessee, and is a private, coeducational liberal arts college. ... Sewanee is a census-designated place located in Franklin County, Tennessee. ...
He went on to become President and Chief Operating Officer of Georgia-Pacific Corporation. Georgia-Pacific Corp. ...
Thomas, EPA's Assistant Administrator for Solid Waste and Emergency Response since June 7, 1983, was named by the President today to succeed Ruckelshaus, whose resignation becomes effective Jan. 5.
Thomas served two consecutive terms as chairman of the National Criminal Justice Association, and was a councilman on the Ridgeway, S.C., town council.
Thomas resides in Woodbridge, Va., with his wife, Dixie, and their sons, Jordan and Braden.
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