Thomas Roger Berkelman (born May 2, 1949) is an American politician who served in the

Minnesota House of Representatives The Minnesota House of Representatives is the lower house of the Legislature of the U.S. state of Minnesota. There are 134 members, twice as many as the Minnesota Senate. Floor sessions are held in the north wing of the State Capitol in Saint Pa ...

from 1977 to 1983.

Education

Berkelman earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in history and political science from

University of Minnesota Duluth The University of Minnesota Duluth (UMD) is a public university in Duluth, Minnesota. It is part of the University of Minnesota system and offers 16 bachelor's degrees in 88 majors, graduate programs in 25 different fields, and a two-year progr ...

in 1971 and his master's degree in public communications and political science from

California State University, Long Beach California State University, Long Beach (CSULB) is a public research university in Long Beach, California. The 322-acre campus is the second largest of the 23-school California State University system (CSU) and one of the largest universities i ...

in 1973. Berkelman also studied at the European Study Center in

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Career

Berkelman worked for Duluth Public and Industrial Relations and for the Anderson-Ryan Company. Berkelman served in the

from 1977 to 1983 and was a

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Personal life

He was married to Kathleen A. Blatz who also served in the

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; they were then divorced.Minnesota Legislators Past & Present-Thomas R. Berkelman
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References

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