Desson Thomson
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Desson Patrick Thomson is a speechwriter in the Obama Administration and a former movie critic for The Washington Post
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in 1975 to join his family, who had already moved there permanently in the early 1970s. He attended American University from 1975 till 1979, where he studied movies as a major. He graduated in Spring 1980 with a degree in visual communications and cinema studies.
He started working for The Washington Post
in 1983 as a copy aide for the Style section, and by 1984, was writing freelance articles for the paper. In 1987, he became a film critic for the paper. He took an early buyout in 2008 and became a speechwriter for U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom Louis Susman from February 2010 until November. In December 2010, he joined the Policy Planning Office of the U.S. Department of State as a speechwriter for Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton.
He was known as Desson Howe until 2003 when he changed his name back to Desson Patrick Thomson.
The Washington Post
The Washington Post is Washington, D.C.'s largest newspaper and its oldest still-existing paper, founded in 1877. Located in the capital of the United States, The Post has a particular emphasis on national politics. D.C., Maryland, and Virginia editions are printed for daily circulation...
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Biography
Thomson attended boarding schools in England from the age of 7 until 17. He went to the Abbey School in East Grinstead, Sussex, and the City of London Freemen's School in Ashtead Park, Surrey. He moved to Washington, D.C.Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....
in 1975 to join his family, who had already moved there permanently in the early 1970s. He attended American University from 1975 till 1979, where he studied movies as a major. He graduated in Spring 1980 with a degree in visual communications and cinema studies.
He started working for The Washington Post
The Washington Post
The Washington Post is Washington, D.C.'s largest newspaper and its oldest still-existing paper, founded in 1877. Located in the capital of the United States, The Post has a particular emphasis on national politics. D.C., Maryland, and Virginia editions are printed for daily circulation...
in 1983 as a copy aide for the Style section, and by 1984, was writing freelance articles for the paper. In 1987, he became a film critic for the paper. He took an early buyout in 2008 and became a speechwriter for U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom Louis Susman from February 2010 until November. In December 2010, he joined the Policy Planning Office of the U.S. Department of State as a speechwriter for Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton.
He was known as Desson Howe until 2003 when he changed his name back to Desson Patrick Thomson.