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Artist’s painting on papyrus showing ancient Egyptians idea of scales and a
judgment day, the departed’s heart is weighed against a feather.
0313-JIREad-IRMag 1 2/5/13 4:48 PM
Name: Milt Thomas
Age: 70
Birthplace: New York City
Home: Vero Beach
Occupation: Writer and former
music company executive
Education: Vero Beach High
School, Class of 1960. Florida
State University, bachelor’s degree
in psychology, 1964.
Family: Wife, Sandy; three
grown children, Sharon, Mike and Ken; and five grandchildren.
What I am proudest of: “My children, of course, and the fact
that I’ve only had jobs in fields that I’ve loved.”
Something people don’t know about me: “I played organ for
a double-header at Wrigley Field once.”
president of the Kiwanis Club and of Main Street Vero Beach.
“I’m allergic to golf,” he said. “There are three golf pros in
my family. Travel is my real passion, and Egypt is where I go
the most.”
He’s interested in Egyptian politics, history, and archeology.
He says he’s not a technical Egyptologist “but can talk
to Egyptologists.” An Egyptian friend in Orlando, who is an
archeologist, has a home in the Egyptian village he grew up
in, so that’s where Thomas stays during his annual visits.
“My wife, my mother, my brother, my son and my daughter
have been to Egypt with me,” said Thomas, who speaks
a little Arabic.. “Everybody in my family has been to Egypt
with me except my sister.”
No matter what country he visits, he says he likes to ask
people about their families.
”That’s what we have in common. We’re all brothers and
sisters. Instead of highlighting our differences, if you talk
about what we have in common, you’ll find we have a lot
more to talk about.”
He sees democratic change coming to Egypt and the Mideast
but says it will be a slow process.
“I think in England the Magna Carta was written in 1215
and they didn’t have a democracy until the 1700s. I don’t
think it’s going to take that long.”
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