Getman, Thomas R.
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1941-
Biography
Thomas Richard Getman was born in Luverne, Minnesota, in 1941. He graduated from Wheaton College in Chicago, Illinois, in 1963. After college, he worked with Young Life ministries to establish education programs in New England until 1976. He earned a master’s degree in theology from Fuller Theological Seminary. He interned for U.S. Senator Mark Hatfield, becoming his legislative director and specializing in African foreign policy from 1978 to 1985. He then joined World Vision, a humanitarian aid organization, in 1985.
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Oral history interview with Thomas R. Getman
Collection
Identifier: SR1338
Abstract
Oral history interview with Thomas R. Getman conducted by James Strassmaier from June 3-8, 1988, as part of the Senator Mark O. Hatfield Oral History Project. Getman was legislative director for Hatfield from 1978 to 1985.
Dates:
1988 June 3-8