Thomas N. Bonner | |
12th President of the University of New Hampshire | |
Term Start: | 1971 |
Term End: | 1974 |
Predecessor: | John W. McConnell |
Successor: | Eugene S. Mills |
Title2: | 15th President of Union College |
Term Start2: | 1974 |
Term End2: | 1978 |
Predecessor2: | Harold Clark Martin |
Title3: | 7th President of Wayne State University |
Term Start3: | 1978 |
Term End3: | 1982 |
Predecessor3: | George E. Gullen Jr. |
Birth Date: | 28 May 1923 |
Birth Place: | Rochester, New York, US |
Death Place: | Scottsdale, Arizona, US |
Alma Mater: | University of Rochester |
Thomas Neville Bonner (28 May 1923 – 2 September 2003) was professor emeritus at Wayne State University and a leading historian of medicine.[1] Bonner was the twelfth President of the University of New Hampshire from 1971 to 1974. After 3 years at UNH he became the fifteenth president of Union College from 1974 to 1978. He then became the seventh president of Wayne State University from 1978 to 1982. Bonner was a U.S. Army World War II veteran as part of the Army Signal Intelligence Unit in Europe.[2] He is buried at the National Memorial Cemetery of Arizona in Phoenix, Arizona.