Tom George

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American politician

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Field	Value
image	Tom George 2008.JPG
imagesize	150px
name	Thomas George, M.D.
state_senate	Michigan
state	Michigan
district	20th
term_start	January 1, 2003
term_end	December 31, 2010
preceded	Dale Shugars
succeeded	Tonya Schuitmaker
state_house2	Michigan
state2	Michigan
district2	61st
term_start2	January 1, 2001
term_end2	December 31, 2002
preceded2	Charles R. Perricone
succeeded2	Jack Hoogendyk
birth_date
birth_place	Flint, Michigan, U.S.
alma_mater	University of Michigan
profession	Legislator and anesthesiologist
spouse	Sandy George
party	Republican
children	3
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Thomas George (born December 2, 1956) is an American physician and politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. As a Republican member of the Michigan State Senate, he represented Kalamazoo County as well as an eastern portion of Van Buren County. George is a physician and former medical director for Hospice of Greater Kalamazoo. He is currently the co-chairman of the Department of Anesthesiology at Western Michigan University's Homer Stryker School of Medicine.

Education

George studied biology at the University of Michigan College of Literature, Science, and the Arts. He was a recipient of the William J. Branstrom Freshman Prize and was a six-term James B. Angell scholar. He entered the University of Michigan Medical School at the end of his junior year. He completed a postgraduate residency in anesthesiology at the University of Michigan. After his political career, he returned to work as an anesthesiologist in Kalamazoo. He was awarded his bachelor's degree from the University of Michigan in 2010.

Political career

In 2000, George was elected to serve as a member of the Michigan State House of Representatives, representing the 61st district. After serving one term in the state house, George cast his bid for a newly vacant seat in the Michigan Senate in 2002. George was reelected to the senate in 2006, in a campaign against Democratic challenger and term-limited state representative Alexander Lipsey. From 2007-2010 George served as chairman of the Senate Health Policy Committee. While serving in the legislature he authored over forty public acts. In 2010, while attending a commencement address given by President Barack Obama for Kalamazoo Central High School's graduation, a man in the audience collapsed and George initiated CPR. The man was successfully resuscitated and taken to a nearby hospital.

2010 gubernatorial race

Main article: 2010 Michigan gubernatorial election#Republican primary

On January 26, 2009, on the 172nd anniversary of Michigan's statehood, George announced his plans to form a gubernatorial exploratory committee. In 2010 Michigan's current governor Jennifer Granholm was term limited, leaving the seat open to contenders.

George joined Mike Bouchard, the Oakland County Sheriff and former state senator, Businessman Rick Snyder, Congressman Peter Hoekstra and Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox as 2010 Republican gubernatorial candidates. The Republican primary election was won by Snyder.

Publications

George is a past-president of the Historical Society of Michigan and has authored articles on various topics including Abraham Lincoln's 1855 US Senate race, Lincoln's 1856 visit to Kalamazoo, Illinois' Canal Scrip and Macalister-Stebbins Bond Frauds, Kalamazoo history, and the history of the Michigan Republican Party.

References

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[https://web.archive.org/web/20121006225725/http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2010/06/08/man-collapses-during-obama-speech/?fbid=9vJShASeaFv CNN.com: Man collapses during Obama speech]
(April 28, 2010). "At long last, State Sen. Tom George, an anesthesiolgist, earns his bachelor's degree at the University of Michigan". Mlive.com.
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"Michigan Legislature - Home".
[[List of U.S. states by date of statehood]]
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(August 4, 2010). "Michigan Primary results". 2010 Unofficial Michigan Primary Election Results.
Dzwonkowski, Ron. (October 10, 2010). "What to do once good candidates decide it isn't worth it?". The Detroit Free Press.
George, Tom M.. (Winter 2015). "Overlooked Letter to Lincoln Reveals Misstep in 1855 Senate Race". For the People - A Newsletter of the Abraham Lincoln Association.
George, Tom M.. (Summer 2012). ""Mechem" or "Mack": How a One-Word Correction in the 'Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln' Reveals the Truth About an 1856 Political Event". Journal of the Abraham Lincoln Association.
George, Tom M.. (July–August 2006). "Lincoln Visits Kalamazoo". Michigan History Magazine.
George, Tom M.. (Fall 2021). "Lincoln and the First Corruption of Illinois". Journal of the Abraham Lincoln Association.
(Fall 2021). "Lincoln's Tea Hostess Revealed". The Michigan Historical Review.
George, Tom M.. (September–October 2004). "Leading the Way: Michigan and the Birth of the Republican Party". Michigan History Magazine.

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