religion birth_place party office birth_date term_start spouse article_title term_end alma_mater
congregationalist orpington , england democratic mayor of east lansing , michigan december 4 , 1914 1961 phyllis lenzner gordon thomas -lrb- politician -rrb-
 1971 northwestern university michigan state university albion college
gordon thomas -lrb- politician -rrb-

gordon l. thomas -lrb- december 4 , 1914 - october 15 , 1997 -rrb- was the mayor of east lansing , michigan from 1961-71 .
he was a democratic candidate for delegate to a constitutional convention to rewrite the michigan constitution during 1961 -- 1962 from ingham county 2nd district .
his service as mayor of east lansing in the 1960s was amid college-town student civil rights and anti-war protests .
he was president of the michigan municipal league and served as a member of the executive board of the national league of cities .
