- Collection:
- Georgia Government Publications
- Serial:
- News release (Georgia Department of Labor)
- Title:
- News release, Jan. 11, 1999C
- Creator:
- Georgia. Department of Labor
- Contributor to Resource:
- Georgia. Department of Labor.
- Publisher:
- Atlanta, Ga. : Georgia Dept. of Labor, 1999-01-11
- Date of Original:
- 1999-01-11
- Subject:
- Georgia. Department of Labor--Periodicals
Labor--Georgia--Periodicals - Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- state government records
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Title from caption
Each issue also has a distinctive theme title - External Identifiers:
- Call Number GA L200 .P1 N45 1999/1-11C
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:dlg_ggpd_i-ga-bl200-b-pp1-bn45-b1999-s1-h11c-belec-p-btext
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ggpd_i-ga-bl200-b-pp1-bn45-b1999-s1-h11c-belec-p-btext
- Language:
- eng
- Holding Institution:
- University of Georgia. Map and Government Information Library
- Rights:
-
Georgia Department of Labor - Press Release
Georgia Department of Labor
Suite 642 148 International Boulevard N.E. Atlanta, Georgia 30303-1751 (404)656-3032
Page 1 of 1
January 11, 1999
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
MICHAEL L. THURMOND SWORN IN AS STATE LABOR COMMISSIONER
ATLANTA -- Michael L. Thurmond, a 45-year-old attorney from Athens, became Georgia's eighth labor commissioner on Jan. 11. His wife, Zola, and their daughter, Mikaya, stood beside him on the chilly, but sunny day in Atlanta as Georgia's new Governor, Roy Barnes, administered the oath of office.
Commissioner Thurmond made history in November when he became the state's first African-American to be elected to a state office without first having been appointed to the office and running for election as an incumbent.
In 1997, the commissioner was appointed the first distinguished practitioner/lecturer at the University of Georgia's Carl Vinson Institute of Government, where he's worked until becoming labor commissioner.
Prior to his appointment at the university, he was head of DFACS for four years, where he developed and directed the state's historic transition from welfare to work, a program that has served as a model for the rest of the nation.
Commissioner Thurmond is a graduate of Paine College in Augusta and holds a law degree from the University of South Carolina.
He practiced law in Clarke County and took an active role in Athens' civic and political affairs, serving as the city's assistant attorney and serving on numerous boards and commissions.
In 1986, he was elected to the Georgia House of Representatives, where he served three terms.
NEWS MEDIA NEEDING MORE INFORMATION MAY CALL (404) 656-3032.
E-mail: communications@dol.state.ga.us.
FY-99-221
An Equal Opportunity Employer
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