Thomas Llewellyn "Dusty" Rhodes (

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Mathews; July 15, 1939 – March 7, 2018) was an American political activist. He was a co-founder of

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and had been the president of ''

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'' magazine until he resigned on June 30, 2010.

Early life and career

Rhodes was born in 1939 in New York, and grew up in

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, the son of Welsh immigrant laborers. He received his masters from the University of Pennsylvania Wharton School. He worked at

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from 1974 to 1992. Rhodes was co-founder of Change New York and was a chief adviser of

George Pataki George Elmer Pataki (; born June 24, 1945) is an American lawyer and politician who served as the 53rd governor of New York from 1995 to 2006. An attorney by profession, Pataki was elected mayor of his hometown of Peekskill, New York, and went on ...

, former governor of New York State. Rhodes held several posts at Goldman, Sachs & Company in New York City. He joined Goldman Sachs in 1974 and subsequently served as vice president (1977–1982); vice chairman, Goldman Sachs Limited, London, England (1982–1985); and partner (1986–1992). Rhodes is Chairman of the Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Delphi Financial Group, Inc. & Subsidiaries, New York; Delphi International Ltd., Hamilton, Bermuda; and Oracle Reinsurance Ltd., Hamilton, Bermuda, and had been on the board of

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since the end of 1993. Rhodes, a graduate of the

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, was also a graduate school classmate to

Midge Decter Midge Decter (née Rosenthal; July 25, 1927 – May 9, 2022) was an American journalist and author.Parkinson's disease Parkinson's disease (PD), or simply Parkinson's, is a long-term degenerative disorder of the central nervous system that mainly affects the motor system. The symptoms usually emerge slowly, and as the disease worsens, non-motor symptoms becom ...

Organizations and boards

Rhodes has helped found many organizations and sits upon several Board of Directors. Some of these organizations and positions are as follows: * Co-Founder of the American Civil Rights Institute, * Founder and a trustee of Change-NY, * Co-Founder and a director of the Project for the Republican Future (1993–1995), * President of National Review and a member of the magazine’s Board of Directors, * Trustee of the Empire Foundation for Policy Research, * Co-chairman of the Club for Growth, * Trustee of the Heritage Foundation (1993–1999), * Chairman of the Bradley Foundation.

References

* Muhlhausen, David. "Long Live the Revolution , The Heritage Foundation". Heritage.org. Retrieved 2010-10-22.

External links

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Thomas Rhodes obituary
{{DEFAULTSORT:Rhodes, Thomas L. 1939 births 2018 deaths American magazine editors American political activists Goldman Sachs people National Review people New York (state) Republicans People with Parkinson's disease Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania alumni American people of Welsh descent Activists from New York City