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'{{Wikify|date=February 2010}} '''Desson Patrick Thomson''' is a speechwriter in the Obama Administration and a former movie critic for ''[[The Washington Post]]''. ==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.]] 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. <ref>{{cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Desson Thomson 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 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. ==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]]'