Salt Lake City, Utah
1926 - 2019
M. Donald ThomasApril 21, 1926 ~ April 7, 2019M. Donald Thomas (Mario Donato diTommaso) was born in Bugnara, Italy on April 21, 1926. He died on April 7, 2019 in Salt Lake City.Don lived in a one-room home in Italy until he was 7 years-old, when his family moved to the United States. He earned...
Read MoreThe NAACP sends our condolences to Janet and the family of Dr. Thomas. He was a man of great integrity with enormous dedication to education.
Jeanetta Williams
October 22, 2019 | Salt Lake City, UT
Dear Family of Don Thomas,
Don Thomas wa the best SLC School Superintendent we have had my memory. I taught the newly formed Gifted andTalented Program in the late seventies and early eighties.The program was one of the programs he initiated that spoke to his values of providing diverse educational opportunities for children's varied learning needs.
He was also influential I'm my graduate school choice which later led to a career choice of career counseling. I always found his...
May 11, 2019
It was a pleasure to count Donald among my friends. I met him while serving as Chairman of the Education Committee in the Utah Senate during the 1980s. He was a top notch guy.
Bill Barton
April 15, 2019 | West Jordan, UT
Don & Janet along the Italian coast in 2011
Marc Thomas
April 14, 2019
Gotta love this man...Served with him in SLCSD for many years...The BEST Superintendent ever!
Orin Johanson
April 14, 2019 | Park City, UT
A very kind, selfless man whose presence and work have made the world a better place. He will be sorely missed by those of us blessed to be called friends of Don and of Janet as well. Could that we all meet the standards that he set and met!
John Gary and Cheryl Maxwell
April 10, 2019 | Wilmington, NC
