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|name=Thomas Greenwood Clausen​

|name=Thomas Greenwood Clausen​

|office=Louisiana State Superintendent of Education​

|office=Louisiana Superintendent of Education​

|term_start=1984​

|term_start=1984​

|term_end=1988​

|term_end=1988​

}}​

}}​

'''Thomas Greenwood Clausen''' (December 22, 1939 – February 20, 2002) was an [[educator]] from [[Baton Rouge]], [[Louisiana]], who was the last elected state superintendent of education, a position which he filled as a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] from 1984 to 1988 during the third administration of [[Governor]] [[Edwin Edwards]].​

'''Thomas Greenwood Clausen''' (December 22, 1939 – February 20, 2002) was an [[educator]] from [[Baton Rouge]], [[Louisiana]], who was the last elected state superintendent of education, a position which he filled as a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] from 1984 to 1988 during the third administration of [[Governor]] [[Edwin Edwards]].​

 

==Background==​

==Background==

Clausen's mother, Leonell Wilkes Clausen, who died in 1999, was a native of Centerville in St. Mary Parish. She lived in Verdunville, also in St. Mary Parish, where Clausen was born, but she spent her later years in Baton Rouge.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www2.southeastern.edu/NewsEvents/PublicInfoOffice/bl2-10.htm|title=February 10, 1999|publisher=2.sutheastern.edu|accessdate=October 7, 2013}}</ref> "Mama Nell" Clausen, as she was known, drove a school bus, delivered food to shut-ins, worked in a school for the handicapped, and was a justice of the peace in St. Mary Parish.<ref name=nellclausen>{{cite web|url=http://www.lanewsbureau.com/inst/1999RS/SCR/00/SCR10.PDF|title=Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 10, 1999|publisher=lanewsbureau.com|accessdate=October 7, 2013}}</ref> Clausen's sister, Sally Clausen, is a retired educational administrator who was from 1995 to 2001 the president of Southeastern Louisiana University] in Hammond and from 2008 to 2010 the Louisiana commissioner of higher education under the supervision of the Louisiana Board of Regents. Clausen's stepbrother, Kenneth Gray, was originally a foster child reared by their mother.<ref name=nellclausen/> Clausen and his wife of twenty-nine years, Gale Bell Clausen, later Gale Anderson, had two son, Kyle and Kouri Clausen.<ref name=tomclausen/>​

Clausen's mother, Leonell Wilkes Clausen, who died in 1999, was a native of Centerville in St. Mary Parish. She lived in Verdunville, also in St. Mary Parish, where Clausen was born, but she spent her later years in Baton Rouge.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www2.southeastern.edu/NewsEvents/PublicInfoOffice/bl2-10.htm|title=February 10, 1999|publisher=2.sutheastern.edu|accessdate=October 7, 2013}}</ref> "Mama Nell" Clausen, as she was known, drove a school bus, delivered food to shut-ins, worked in a school for the handicapped, and was a justice of the peace in St. Mary Parish.<ref name=nellclausen>{{cite web|url=http://www.lanewsbureau.com/inst/1999RS/SCR/00/SCR10.PDF|title=Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 10, 1999|publisher=lanewsbureau.com|accessdate=October 7, 2013}}</ref> Clausen's sister, Sally Clausen, is a retired educational administrator who was from 1995 to 2001 the president of Southeastern Louisiana University] in Hammond and from 2008 to 2010 the Louisiana commissioner of higher education under the supervision of the Louisiana Board of Regents. Clausen's stepbrother, Kenneth Gray, was originally a foster child reared by their mother.<ref name=nellclausen/> Clausen and his wife of twenty-nine years, Gale Bell Clausen, later Gale Anderson, had two son, Kyle and Kouri Clausen.<ref name=tomclausen/>​

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