High School Manager

THOMAS G. LEE,

B.S., M.A., A.M.L.S.

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Ontonagon, MI 49953

Voice: 906/884-2397

Mr. Tom Lee and family

pet

"Mr. Kitty" near Gorman House,

Ontonagon, Michigan. (July, 1998)

Tom Lee at the Kinross Correctional Facility Library

with portrait done by a prisoner.

Historic Gorman House, 500 East Lakeshore Drive, Ontonagon,

Michigan

Offices of Landmark Publishing

Old County Courthouse

Ontonagon, Michigan

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places

Built 1886SELECTED ACHIEVEMENTS Professional Librarian. A.M.L.S., The University

of Michigan, Ann Arbor.Curriculum & Instruction. M.A., The University

of Michigan.Advisor. The Link. Inmate newspaper,

Kinross Correctional FacilityLink wins the

Michigan Penal Press Award as Best Prison Newspaper in Michigan

for 1998.Link wins the Michigan Penal Press Award

as Best Prison Newspaper in Michigan for 1999 (Second year in

a row!)Appointed to Advisory Board, Southern Poverty

Law Center, Montgomery, Alabama.Technology-Using-Educator of the Year Award,

1982.Web Designer. Developed and ran first commercial

Internet web server in Michigan's U.P. in Houghton, Michigan.Web Designer. Developed popular internet

web site dedicated to my grandfather Edward

Edison Lee who authored 50 books in the 1920's and 30's under

the pen name of Leo Edwards.Web Designer. Developed a number of successful

web sites, including: up-wide.com, upbiz.com, ontonagon.com,

michigancatalog.com, wisconsincatalog.com, texascatalog.com,

etc.Grant Writer. Writer of over 100 funded state

and federal grants.Wrote successful grant to restore theatre

in Ontonagon Township Building, 1997.Founder. The Weekly Bulletin: The Complete

Shopping Guide for the Western U.P.Editor and Publisher. The Lake Superior

MinerPresident. Ontonagon County Chamber of Commerce.Chairman of the Board. American Association

for Corporate Contributions. (A.A.C.P.)Director. National Nonprofit Press Association,

Washington, DC. (N.N.P.A.)National Director of Philanthropic Research

and Development. National Association for the Exchange of Industrial

Resources (N.A.E.I.R.)Facilitator. National Network of Complementary

Schools. A national exchange program between selected public

and independent schools.Author. Give-and-Take: The Complete Tax

Incentive Guide and The Approved Methods for Donating or Accepting

Corporate Gifts of Inventory. Fourth Edition.Producer/Designer. Rent-A-Workshop

A series of video tapes, including: Investment Options for Nonprofits,

Working With The Press, A Guide to Grants, Planned Giving, Sports

and Fitness Events as Fund Raisers, etc.Author. Great Deal$, Smart Buys, and Real

Bargains$: A Complete Guide to the Best Surplus Markets.,

1986.Member/Secretary. Ontonagon Area School District,

Board of EducationThe Electronic Classroom. Over 75 columns

on computer and educational technology.The Information Connection. Columns on information

technology.Member. Rotary One - Chicago; the world's

first service club. Classification: Corporate Philanthropy.Director/Planner. National Conference (in

Chicago) on partnerships between business and education.Designer/Builder/Fund Raiser/General Manager.

WOAS- FM, Ontonagon, MI.Director. Micrographics Project. U.S. Office

of Education.Founder. 501(c)(3) Monthly Letter.

3rd largest nonprofit management publication in the United States.Information Specialist/Journalist. 82nd Airborne

DivisionPresident, U.P. West, Area-Wide Telephone

Directory Service. Incorporated, July 1989.Publisher. Ewen Centennial History Book,

1989.Eagle Scout with God and Country Award. Member,

Order of the Arrow. Boy Scouts of America.

EXPERIENCEHead Librarian, Ojibway Correctional Facility,

Michigan Department of Corrections, Marenisco, MI. 2000 - Current.Librarian. Law Library, General Library,

School Library and SEG Library, Michigan Department of Corrections,

Kinross Correctional Facility (KCF), Kincheloe, MI 1997-2000.Owner. The Landmark Publishing Company, Ontonagon,

MI

Office of Landmark publishing, Ontonagon,

MichiganPublisher. U.P.-Wide. Area-Wide Yellow

Pages for Michigan's Upper Peninsula

2000-2001 Edition

Web Master. Director. 21st Century Internet Design Group.

Designer of national Internet "catalog" project. Current

catalogs now online include: michigancatalog.com, wisconsincatalog.com,

and texascatalog.com.Editor and Publisher. The Lake Superior

Miner.Editor and Publisher. The Weekly Bulletin.Consultant. Corporate Philanthropy.Director of Research and Development. National

Association for the Exchange of Industrial Resources. Northfield,

IL. 1983-85.Consultant/Conference Planner/Advertising

Advisor. NationalConference on Partnerships between education

and corportions. 1983.Federal Projects Writer, General Manager

WOAS-FM, Librarian. Ontonagon Area Schools, Ontonagon, MI. 1975-83.President. The Electronic Classoom.Director of Media Services. Half Hollow Hills

Schools, Dix Hills, Long Island, NY. 1974-75.Director of Media Services. Centennial Educational

Park, Plymouth Public Schools, Plymouth, MI. 1970-74.Media Director. Mona Shores Schools, Muskegon,

MI. 1966-70.High School Librarian, Muskegon High School,

Muskegon, MI. 1965-66.Journalist. 82nd Airborne Division, and 18th

Airborne Corps, Fort Bragg, NC.

Cadet. United States Military Academy, West

Point, NY.

COMPUTER SKILLSLong experience with various platforms and

programs, including:Adobe PhotoshopAdobe PagemakerQuark ExpressHTML Design and Editing, META Tag DesignCGI ScriptingWindows 95Mac OSTCP/IP NetworksLocal Area NetworksPage MillSite MillMicrosoft WorksWord PerfectFilemaker PlusParadox for WindowsCD-Rom DevelopmentWS-FTP ProUnix ShellsFirst Search:

World's largest bibliographic database.Internet searching skills.

FORMAL EDUCATION Graduate. New Employee School, Michigan Department

of Corrections, Lansing, MI. 1997A.M.L.S. (Library Science), The University

of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI. 1970. Renamed The Information School.M.A., Master of Arts, Audiovisual Education

and Curriculum Development, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor,

MI. 1968.B.S., Bachelor of Science. Journalism and

Library Science, Wisconsin State University, Oshkosh, WI. 1965.Diploma. U.S. Army Information School, Fort

Slocum, NY.Cadet. U.S. Military Academy, West Point,

NY.Diploma. Memorial High School, Beloit, WI.

1957.

SCHOOLS

ATTENDED

Memorial High School, Beloit,

WI.

Ripon College, Ripon, WI.

U.S. Military Academy, West

Point, NY

University of North Carolina,

Chapel Hill, NC

North Carolina State University,

Raleigh, NC.

University of Wisconsin,

Madison, WI.

Wisconsin State University,

Oshkosh, WI

Beloit College, Beloit,

WI.

University of Michigan Extension,

Grand Rapids, MI.

Rackam School of Graduate Studies,

The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.

DeMarse Corrections Academy,

Lansing, MI

PARTIAL BIBLIOGRAPHY (By)Designing a library for a special clientele. Ironwood Daily Globe, February 27, 2001.Designer. up-wide.com, a comprehensive world

wide web site of businesses in Michigan's Upper Peninsula and

in surronding areas in Wisconsin, Minnesota and Ontario Canada.Designer. UP-Wide Yellow Pages. A

comprehensive 336 page directory for Michigan's Upper Peninsula.Give-and-Take: The Complete Tax Incentive

Guide and the Approved Methods for Donating or Accepting Corporate

Gifts of Inventory. Fourth Edition.Great Deal$, Smart Buy$ and Real Bargain$:

The Complete Guide to the Best Surplus Markets.Practical Philanthropy. A fund raising kit for planned giving.Microform Systems: A Handbook for Educators.Administration of an Instructional Film

Program: A Handbook for the Building Audiovisual Coordinator.Library Hand . . . A Lost Art. (A study of handwritten catalog cards.)Corporate Philanthropy. Monthly column in the NAEIR News. You Can

Get in on This $17 Million Equipment Give away. The Executive

Educator. February, 1982.If A Computer Answers, Don't Hang Up. Classroom

Computer News.Authorship of School Textbooks for Education

Faculty Appointed Between 1879-1929 at The University of Michigan.

Notes and Abstracts.Project Adventure. The New North.Historical Notes. A series of columns on

the history of Rotary. The Gyrator, Rotary One, Chicago.BACSTOP: A Teacher's Guide to Ropes Courses

and Other Initiatives. The Porcupine Quill Press.Hard to Believe Association Arranges Donations

to Schools. The New North.The Secret and Mysterious Order of the Freckled

Goldfish.Tuffy Bean Comes to Ontonagon.DATE DUE. Over 150 columns on information

technology.THE ELECTRONIC CLASSROOM. Over 75 columns

on technology.Putting Computers to the Test in British

Columbia. Classroom Computer News.History of 10-Watt Radio Stations.Every Child A Winner in New Physical Education

Program.The Source. The New North.

BIBLIOGRAPHY (About)A View From The Inside, By Gary Lamberg, Publisher, Ironwood Daily Globe.

February 21, 2001.LINK WINS. Prison newspaper at Kinross Correctional

Facility wins Penal Press Award as best prison paper in Michigan.

The KCF LINK, April 1999Many More Books Coming. Story of large book

donation to KCF from the famous Newberry Library in Chicago.

The KCF LINK, April 1999.WOAS-FM, started by Tom Lee receives special

Michigan Education Association recognition. Ontonagon Herald

5/13/98.New Librarian at KCF. The LinkFar-flung Networking - Publisher Tom Lee

Reaches the Far Corners of the Globe Via the Internet. Printing

Impressions, February, 1995.Pied Piper' Keeps Students Wrapped Up in

Learning. Houghton Mining Gazette. January 7, 1979.Bookworms (a story concerning the donation

of 6,000 free books) The Milwaukee Journal, July 29, 1980.Tom Lee . . . His Projects Benefit School.

A Copper Country Profile. The Mining Gazette.New Voice Coming to Ontonagon. Development

of WOAS-FMPorcupine Quill Press Makes Point in Ontonagon.Beloiter Chosen for West Point. Beloit

Daily News, May 28, 1959.Ontonagon School Finds Gold Mine . . . In

Free Books, That Is !Librarian Turns to Boatbuilding.Polynesian Catamaran Replica at Ontonagon.Local Librarian Named Technology Using Educator

of the Year.Welcome Mat. The Gyrator, Rotary One,

Chicago.Lee Elected to Rotary One Membership. The

Gyrator, Rotary Club of Chicago.Bed and breakfast in style. The Houghton

Mining Gazette.Link Wins. The KCF Link, Kinross Correctional

Facility, May, 1999

Offices of Landmark

Publishing

Old County Courthouse

Ontonagon, Michigan

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places

Built 1886

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