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==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/>​

 

Clausen graduated from Centerville High School in St. Mary Parish.<ref name=parc/> He received his bachelor's, master's, and Ph.D. degrees, respectively, from the University of Louisiana at [[Lafayette]], [[Louisiana State University]] in Baton Rouge, and the [[University of Southern Mississippi]] in [[Hattiesburg, Mississippi|Hattiesburg]], [[Mississippi]]. Clausen served in the [[United States Army]] from 1960 to 1961.<ref name=parc>{{cite web|url=http://www.parlouisiana.org/s3web/1002087/docs/Constitutional%20Amendment%20Archive/CA1979_Sept.pdf|title=Thomas G. Clausen|page=18|publisher=parlouisiana.org|accessdate=October 8, 2013}}</ref>​

Clausen graduated from Centerville High School in St. Mary Parish.<ref name=parc/> He received his bachelor's, master's, and Ph.D. degrees, respectively, from the University of Louisiana at [[Lafayette]], [[Louisiana State University]] in Baton Rouge, and the University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg. He served in the [[United States Army]] from 1960 to 1961.<ref name=parc>{{cite web|url=http://www.parlouisiana.org/s3web/1002087/docs/Constitutional%20Amendment%20Archive/CA1979_Sept.pdf|title=Thomas G. Clausen|page=18|publisher=parlouisiana.org|accessdate=October 8, 2013}}</ref>​

==Educational career==​

==Educational career==​

Eleven scholarships in the amount of $500 each were issued in 2004 in Clausen's name by the University of Louisiana System.<ref name=scholarships>{{cite web|url=http://www.latech.edu/techtalk/archives/11_11_04/current/ul.php|title=Erin Bass, "News"|publisher=latech.edu|accessdate=October 8, 2013}}</ref>​

Eleven scholarships in the amount of $500 each were issued in 2004 in Clausen's name by the University of Louisiana System.<ref name=scholarships>{{cite web|url=http://www.latech.edu/techtalk/archives/11_11_04/current/ul.php|title=Erin Bass, "News"|publisher=latech.edu|accessdate=October 8, 2013}}</ref>​

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==References==

==References==

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