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'{{Wikify|date=February 2010}} '''Desson Patrick Thomson''' is a speechwriter at the U.S Department of State Before that, he was a speechwriter at the US Embassy in London. Before speech writing, he was a movie critic for 21 years at ''[[The Washington Post]]''. ==Biography== Desson Patrick Thomson was born January 13, 1958. When his mother, Naomi Daniels remarried author and journalist Russell Warren Howe, Thomson's name was changed at the age of 7 to Desson Warren Howe. Thomson remained ''Desson Howe'' until 2003 when he changed his name back to Desson Patrick Thomson - this after reuniting with his birth father, Alexander George Thomson in [[Aberdeen, Scotland]] in 2002. He 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.]] 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 communications and cinema studies. He graduated in Spring 1980 with a BA degree in Communications with a minor in Cinema Studies. He joined "[[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 one of the paper's film critics for 21 years.<ref>{{cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Desson Thomson begin_of_the_skype_highlighting     end_of_the_skype_highlighting begin_of_the_skype_highlighting     end_of_the_skype_highlighting|url=http://www.american.edu/newsletter/development/2005/feb/desson_0205.htm |quote= |publisher=[[American University]] |date= |accessdate=2008-01-27 }}</ref> He took an early career buyout and retired in 2008. After two years of teaching and blogging, he became speechwriter to US Ambassador Louis Susman at the Embassy to the Court of St. James's in London from February 2010 until November 2010. In December 2010, he joined the U.S. Department of State's Policy Planning department in his current position as a speechwriter for U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton. He was married to Beth Bogart from 1981 till 1985 with two sons, Alexander Bogart Howe (b: 9/26/1982) and Adrian Joseph Howe (b: 6/11/84). He married Sally Baldwin in 1991 and they had one son, Andrew Baldwin Thomson, born Jan 9, 1992. Thomson has two other siblings, who also changed their Howe surnames. They are now Russell Sage and Deirdre Parker. Through his birth father, he has two other siblings, Colette Thomson and Darryn Thomson. Thomson is also a singer/songwriter with the band Cairo Fred,<ref>[http://www.Cairofred.com]</ref> based in the Washington area. He cowrites original music with his songwriting partner Brad Heck. ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== *[http://www.american.edu/newsletter/development/2005/feb/desson_0205.htm American University biography] *[http://www.Cairofred.com Cairo Fred] {{Persondata <!-- Metadata: see [[Wikipedia:Persondata]]. --> | NAME = Thomas, Desson | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = | DATE OF BIRTH = | PLACE OF BIRTH = | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Thomas, Desson}} [[Category:The Washington Post people]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:American University alumni]] [[Category:American film critics]] [[Category:1958 births]]'