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	Dave Thomas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Thomas was the founder and CEO of Wendy's Old Fashioned Hamburgers, a fast food restaurant chain specializing in hamburgers.
		Thomas started out in business by purchasing four Kentucky Fried Chicken franchises, and he was strongly influenced by KFC founder Col.
		Adopted by a Lebanese family in Michigan as an infant, Thomas was himself a well-known advocate for adoption, founding the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption in 1992.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Dave_Thomas (248 words)

	Dave Thomas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		David "Dave" Thomas (July 2, 1932 – January 8, 2002) was the founder and chairman of Wendy's Old Fashioned Hamburgers, a fast food restaurant chain specializing in hamburgers.
		Thomas started out in business by purchasing four Kentucky Fried Chicken franchises, and was strongly influenced by KFC founder Harland Sanders.
		Adopted as an infant, Thomas was himself a well-known advocate for adoption, founding the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption in 1992.
	wikipedia.lotsofinformation.com /wiki/index.php/Dave_Thomas (211 words)

	Dave Thomas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Thompson described Thomas' humble beginnings: he was adopted as an infant; his adoptive mother died when he was 5 and he moved from state-to-state frequently with his father.
		Dave Thomas serves customer Tim Hughes, at a Wendy's in Fort Wayne, Ind., that was built on the site of the Hobby House restaurant where he worked as a bus boy 51 years before.
		Thomas, who was adopted as an infant, became a national advocate for adoption.
	www.sigepcleveland.org /news/dave_thomas.htm (1379 words)

	Wendy's Dave Thomas
		Dave's adopted mother died when he was just five, and his childhood was not easy.
		Dave Thomas gives generously to quite a few causes -- such as a national journalism competition for high school students.
		Dave was honored by the White House when they asked him to be spokesman for the "Adoption Works for Everyone" program.
	www.terrymeeuwsen.com /articles/dave.asp (668 words)

	People: Kathryn Jean Lopez on Dave Thomas on NRO Weekend
		Thomas — although we all know him less formally as Dave — died on January 7 at age 69 of liver cancer.
		Thomas was born out of wedlock in 1932 in Atlantic City, New Jersey, and a couple from Michigan adopted him when he was six months old.
		"Dave Thomas was a hero to adoptees," Reilly says, "one of the few public figures who celebrated adoption instead of sensationalizing the rare case of abusive parents.
	www.nationalreview.com /weekend/people/people-lopez011202.shtml (1328 words)

	Chapter Eight - Dave Thomas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Thomas projects in his television commercials, that of a self-effacing regular guy, appears to reflect who he really is. Moreover, he studiously stays away from any topic he views as controversial.
		Dave's unwed mother gave him up just after he was born, but he didn't learn how he'd come into the Thomas family until he was thirteen.
		At the age of fifteen, Dave Thomas gritted his teeth, somehow achieved the insight to be grateful for having had a family at all, and vowed that other people were no longer going to chart the course of his future.
	www.adoptionnation.com /davethomas.htm (2063 words)

	The Scottish Rite Journal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Dave, at age five, lost his adoptive mother, and life for young Thomas after her death became a series of moves, schools, jobs, and sporadic friendships.
		Thomas, after working non-stop for 38 years, gave up his CEO and Chairman titles, though he remains Wendy's Senior Chairman and is still very involved in the business, its expansion, and the introduction of innovative ideas.
		Thomas believes that when one has taken from the community and become successful, there is an obligation to give back to that community and assist others who are less fortunate.
	www.srmason-sj.org /web/journal-files/Issues/mar02/goldsmith.htm (1455 words)

	Noble Dave Thomas, Wendy's founder, dies
		Dave Thomas, a long-time Shriner and the founder and senior chairman of Wendy's Restaurants, passed away January 8, 2002.
		Thomas, a member of Aladdin Temple, was the first recipient of the Shrine's Imperial Potentate's Award of Merit, receiving it in 1996.
		Thomas was perhaps best-known for his role as the affable spokesperson in Wendy's commercials, appearing in more than 800 since 1989.
	www.shrinershq.org /whatsnewarch/archives02/davethomas1-02.html (330 words)

	Kathryn Jean Lopez on Dave Thomas on National Review Online
		ave Thomas, founder of Wendy's and lifetime advocate of adoption, is among the 2003 recipients (posthumously in his case) of the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
		Thomas was cut from similar cloth as another Christian entrepreneur who recently died, Mary Kay Ash, founder of the Mary Kay cosmetics empire.
		In 1992 Thomas created the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption, to "educate prospective parents about the adoption process and to streamline the adoption process by making it easier and more affordable." For Thomas, "leave no child behind" was a life's work.
	www.nationalreview.com /flashback/flashback-lopez072303.asp (1416 words)

	Wendy's founder Dave Thomas dead at 69 - Jan. 8, 2002
		Thomas died at his home in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., in the presence of a private physician. He had a carcinoid tumor in his liver for more than 10 years, the company said in a news release.
		As a successful businessman, Thomas founded numerous charities, including the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption, a cause he was particularly passionate about.
		Thomas is survived by his wife of 47 years, Lorraine, five children and 16 grandchildren.
	money.cnn.com /2002/01/08/companies/wendys_obit/index.htm (509 words)

	Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption \| Dave and Adoption (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		In 1990, President George Bush asked Dave Thomas, founder of Wendy’s Old Fashioned Hamburgers®; Restaurants, to be the spokesperson for a new adoption initiative, “Adoption Works…For Everyone.” Dave, an adoption advocate and adoptee, enthusiastically accepted the challenge and began to speak out publicly to encourage people to consider foster care adoption.
		Dave was respected for being a talented and dedicated businessman—though his desire to help and care for the most vulnerable children in society was perhaps his greatest contribution.
		In honor of Dave, his Foundation will continue to commit itself to the vision he set forth: to ensure that every child in North America has a permanent and loving family to call their own.
	www.davethomasfoundationforadoption.org /html/resource/dave.asp (328 words)

	CBC News: Wendy's founder Dave Thomas dead at 69 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		COLUMBUS, OHIO - Dave Thomas — the founder and well-known pitchman for the Wendy's burger chain — died at his home in Florida, the company said Tuesday.
		Thomas, 69, died around midnight at his residence.
		Founded by Thomas in Columbus, Ohio in 1969, Wendy's Old Fashioned Hamburgers carried the nickname of Thomas' eight-year-old daughter Melinda Lou, who was called Wendy by her siblings.
	www.cbc.ca /cgi-bin/templates/view.cgi?/news/2002/01/08/thomas_020108 (385 words)

	Dave Thomas on Grace Under Fire
		Dave Thomas was born in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada, but grew up in North Carolina and also spent some time in England.
		Thomas earned a master's degree in English literature from McMaster University (Hamilton, Ontario, Canada) and got his first taste of performing in the Toronto cast of "Godspell." But three months later, the show closed and the young actor hit a dry spell.
		Thomas is best known to American audiences as a member of the innovative "SCTV" ensemble and as half of the McKenzie Brothers, the act which rocketed him and partner Rick Moranis to stardom.
	www.wchstv.com /abc/graceunder/davethomas.html (557 words)

	NMSR/TCCSA Debate: Biography of Dave Thomas
		Dave Thomas is a physicist and mathematician, employed at a small high-tech testing firm in Albuquerque, NM.
		Dave is president of the science group New Mexicans for Science and Reason (http://www.nmsr.org), and also is a Fellow of CSICOP (Committee for Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal), the publishers of Skeptical Inquirer.
		Dave is currently President-elect of the New Mexico Academy of Science.
	www.nmsr.org /thom-bio.htm (530 words)

	Duke U-The Fuqua School of Business-Fuqua Board Member Dave Thomas Dies
		I am sad to report that Dave Thomas, a member of our Board of Visitors since 1986, died of cancer early this morning at his home in Fort Lauderdale.
		Thomas' Foundation for Adoption made significant contributions to the raising of public awareness of adoption.
		Dave Thomas was part of our Duke family, and we will miss him.
	www.fuqua.duke.edu /admin/extaff/news/dave_thomas_2002.htm (208 words)

	Dave Thomas @ Filmbug
		Thomas was born to British parents in St. Catharines, near Niagara Falls in Canada.
		Thomas stayed with SCTV as it continued to air on CBC, and in the U.S. on NBC, through 1982.
		Currently, Thomas is a partner in Animax Interactive, an interactive animation company creating sponsored interactive content for such companies as Ford, Twentieth Century Fox, Warner Bros., Disney, and Verizon.
	www.filmbug.com /db/336188 (621 words)

	Dave Thomas - Northern Stars
		Although Dave Thomas was born in St. Catharines, Ontario, he spent quite a few of his formative years growing up in North Carolina.
		In an odd way, it is somehow unfortunate that Dave Thomas and his cohort, Rick Moranis are probably best known to audiences in both Canada and the Untied States as the McKenzie Brothers,
		A little known fact is that Dave Thomas co-created and was co-executive producer of "America's Funniest People" for ABC in 1990.
	www.northernstars.ca /actorsstu/thomas_davebio.html (753 words)

	The XP 2000 Conference (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The final example was that of Dave Thomas, the founder of Object Technology International (OTI).
		Dave Thomas reported that Ivar Jacobson very much desires to see RUP embrace XP, effectively making XP an instance of RUP.
		Dave Thomas attributed many of the successes of OTI to the kinds of techniques talked about in the conference, and was pleased that there was hardly any XP dogmatism.
	www.martinfowler.com /articles/xp2000.html (1964 words)

	Keynote & Plenary Speaker Bios (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Dave is the founder and CEO of Bedarra Corporation; which provides virtual CTO, CFO and CEO, business mentoring and seed investment to emerging companies.
		Dave is best known as the founder and past CEO and president of Object Technology International Inc. (formerly OTI, now IBM OTI Labs) and led the commercial introduction of object and component technology.
		Dave is an adjunct research professor at Carleton University and the University of Queensland and is widely published in the software engineering literature.
	www.xmlconference.org /xmlusa/2003/bios_keynotes.asp (1228 words)

	Colgate University News - Student-athlete Dave Thomas wins prestigious 1819 Award
		Dave Thomas, a philosophy major with a 3.89 GPA who helped lead the Raiders hockey team to the NCAA Tournament this season, received Colgate’s prestigious 1819 Award during Tuesday’s awards convocation.
		Thomas, of East Petersburg, Pa., said it was challenging to play four years of Division I hockey while keeping up his academics, but that he received a lot of support.
		Thomas joked that he would constantly follow professors around campus, because the outside-the-classroom discussions he had were as valuable as the formal instruction.
	www.colgate.edu /DesktopDefault1.aspx?tabid=730&pgID=6013&nwID=3714 (1872 words)

	Dave Thomas: IBM's senior VP maps out IBM's plans to take advantage of pervasive computing. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Thomas: There is incredible competition where a lot of day-to-day execution has to happen.
		Thomas: It was obvious to them, particularly in the U.S. market, [that] we were both losing.
		Thomas: We still think there are scalability plays that we, Microsoft, and the Linux community have to work on.
	www.infoworld.com /articles/hn/xml/00/03/21/000321hnhotthomas.xml (2330 words)

	IGN: Interview with Dave Thomas (Part 1 of 5)
		Thomas, who remembered the formative days of SCTV (with Joe Flaherty, Dan Aykroyd, Gilda Radner and John Candy), his work on The Dave Thomas Show, the McKenzie Brothers skits, film, and platinum record, Grace Under Fire, and a variety of other projects both theatrical and televised.
		THOMAS: What happened was we got short of programming and some of the McKenzie Brothers got put in the half hour shows when it was on the NBC Owned & Operated affiliates back in 1980.
		THOMAS: That was made after the third season of half hour shows and before the 90 minute shows – or just as we started the 90 minute shows – somewhere in there.
	filmforce.ign.com /articles/035/035845p1.html (3302 words)

	Dave Thomas, Wendy's Founder and American Folk Here, Dies from Cancer
		Dave Thomas, 69, founder and senior chairman of Wendy's International Inc. passed away early Tuesday morning at his home in Florida from cancer of the liver.
		When Dave was 15, he made what he considered his greatest mistake: he dropped out of high school to work full time.
		Thomas is survived by his wife of 47 years, Lorraine, five children: Pam, Ken, Molly, Wendy and Lori, and 16 grandchildren.
	www.auctionbytes.com /cab/abn/y02/m01/i09/s04 (566 words)

	Dave Thomas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Dave Thomas has a wide spectrum of experience in the computer industry, which spans engineering, business, and computer science.
		Dave Thomas has over 30 years of experience as a developer, professor, consultant, architect, manager, president, and CEO.
		Dave holds an adjunct research professorship at Carleton University, where he was previously director of the Object-Oriented Research Group.
	www-stja.transit-online.de /documents/Autoren/DaveThomas.htm (828 words)

	Dave Thomas
		Dave lived in Toronto through age 6, then moved to Durham, North Carolina, where his dad got his Ph.D. in Philosophy at Duke University.
		Dave won an Emmy award, as well as four Emmy nominations for his writing at "SCTV".
		Dave's brother, Ian, composed and performed the theme song for "Strange Brew" and did the music for the McKenzie Brother's animated short, which is on the DVD.
	www.tv.com /dave-thomas/person/3599/summary.html (207 words)

	Don't Live with Broken Windows
		Pragmatic Programmers Andy Hunt and Dave Thomas talk with Bill Venners about software craftsmanship and the importance of fixing the small problems in your code, the "broken windows," so they don't grow into large problems.
		Andy Hunt and Dave Thomas are the Pragmatic Programmers, recognized internationally as experts in the development of high-quality software.
		In this interview, which is being published in ten weekly installments, Andy Hunt and Dave Thomas discuss many aspects of software development.
	www.artima.com /intv/fixit.html (666 words)

	ONLamp.com: The Pragmatic Programmers Interview
		Andy Hunt and Dave Thomas are The Pragmatic Programmers, two experienced and intelligent software developers with impressive experience, including the authoring of the popular The Pragmatic Programmer and the well-regarded Programming Ruby.
		Dave: Think about the kind of work that can be effectively outsourced (where "effectively" is used in the context of some manager's opinion).
		Andy: When Dave and I go out and speak at conferences and such, we're seeing a lot of smart, disciplined people and responding to their questions and their concerns.
	www.onlamp.com /pub/a/onlamp/2004/06/24/pragmatic_programmers.html (2519 words)

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