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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. 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>

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>