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Show WEss's Wis With his election to the United States senate, a new page is written in the colorful career of Dr. Elbert D. Thomas, professor of history and political science at the University of Utah. At forty-nine, the senator-elect is doubtless on the threshold of a career in national life that will dim his many other brilliant achievements in the fields of education and political service. Honored with membership in a score of professional, scholastic, honorary, and social societies, Dr. Thomas, along with the noted sculptor, Cyrus Dallin, is the only Utahn mentioned in the British "Who's Who." The senator-elect was graduated from the University of Utah with a B. A. degree in 1906, after his classmates had conferred upon him almost every undergraduate 'honor, including that of student body president. Following his university training he went to Japan in 1907 and presided over the Japanese mission of the L. D. S. -church until 1912. He taught Latin and Greek for two years, and in 1915 became secretary and registrar regis-trar of the University of Utah, holding that position until un-til 1922 when he was given a professorship. Since receiving his Ph. D. from the University of California Cal-ifornia in 1924, Dr. Thomas has gradually come before the public eye until he is now recognized as one of the leading authorities on political science and international internation-al law in the country. In 1926 he was chosen a member of the Carnefifi Enronfia.n finnffirsnnfl for American Pro fessors. ! Despite his position of eminence, Dr. Thomas has retained re-tained all of the dignity and reserve tfnat have made him so popular among the thousands of students who have studied under him at the state university. According to tabulations, Dr. Thomas is one of the very few men in the senate holding a doctor's degree. |