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Thomas Edward Spooner, 19371994 (aged 57 years)

Name
Thomas Edward /Spooner/
Given names
Thomas Edward
Surname
Spooner
Family with parents
father
19142000
Birth: 28 January 1914 26 24 Galt, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Death: 27 February 2000Roseville, Macomb, Michigan, USA
mother
19141983
Birth: 16 February 1914Brooklyn, Jackson, Michigan, USA
Death: 18 January 1983Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, USA
Marriage Marriage1935
3 years
himself
19371994
Birth: 30 September 1937 23 23 Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, USA
Death: 30 December 1994Washington, District of Columbia, USA
Birth
Death of a paternal grandfather
Death of a paternal grandmother
Death of a mother
Death
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Note

Thomas E.E. Spooner, 57, a Foreign Service officer in the U.S. Information Agency and a specialist in Asian affairs, died of a heart attack Dec. 30 at his home in Washington.

Mr. Spooner was born in Detroit. He graduated from the University of Michigan, where he also received a master's degree in library science.

In 1966, he moved to Washington and joined the USIA. His assignments abroad included two tours of duty in Indonesia and tours in Thailand, Singapore, Norway and Mexico. He spoke Indonesian, Norwegian and Spanish.

At the time of his death, Mr. Spooner was acting director of the office of academic programs at USIA. In that post, he was in charge of administering major government student exchange programs, including the Fulbright program.

Survivors include his wife, Yanti Spooner, and two children, Thomas Krishna Spooner and Mirja Spooner, all of Washington.