Given the question: Read the bio below and try to give details on jack thomas -lrb- academic -rrb- 's: - employer - title - years active - term - spouse - predecessor - education - children - name - occupation Bio: jack thomas is the 11th president of western illinois university -lrb- wiu -rrb- . he was named to the position january 18 , 2011 , and took office july 1 . he succeeded alvin goldfarb upon goldfarb 's retirement . prior to his appointment as university president , thomas held the post of provost and academic vice president at wiu , beginning in 2008 . before joining wiu , he held the positions of senior vice provost for academic affairs and interim dean at middle tennessee state university ; as well as academic posts at university of maryland eastern shore and south carolina state university . before joining wiu , he held the positions of senior vice provost for academic affairs and interim dean at middle tennessee state university . thomas earned his ph.d. in english literature and criticism from indiana university of pennsylvania in 1990 ; his m.ed . in english education from virginia state university in 1984 ; and his b.a. in english from alabama agricultural and mechanical university in 1983 . thomas and his wife , linda , have two sons , patrick and darius .
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- employer is western illinois university- title is president- years active is 2011-present- term is 2011-present- spouse is linda- predecessor is alvin goldfarb- education is indiana university -lrb- m.ed . -rrb- alabama agricultural and mechanical university university -lrb- b.a. -rrb- of pennsylvania -lrb- ph.d -rrb- virginia state- children is patrick , darius- name is jack thomas- occupation is university president