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Dr. William Thompson Appointed Director of PAI by WBTI
By Tiffany Chang
Within the State of Nevada there is a large and growing population of public employees. Washington Business and Technology Institute (WBTI) has established the Public Administration Institution in order to meet the increasing investigation requirements of current public managers and special research needs of professional public administrators. It seeks to provide an awareness and understanding of the complex administrative and organizational contexts within which the adminitrators of public service make and implement decisions, and to provide general technical competence in using the tools of administration and management on the area of academic research and social service.
Dr. William N. Thompson was appointed by WBTI as Fellow and Director of its Public Administration Institution (PAI) on January 18, 2000. "It has been an hornorable gratifying to invite a famous professor of Dr. Bill Thmpson's expertise, integrity, and good personal traits with highly international perspective to this Institute," said President Dr. Tony T. Lei of WBTI. "Throughout Dr. Thompson's distinguished career and publication, he has been earned a good reputation as a conscientious and dedicated professional."
Dr. William Thompson is professor and chair of the Public Administration Department at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. He received B.A. and M.A. degrees from Michigan State. His Ph.D. is from University of Missouri. Dr. Thompson served on faculties of Southeast Missouri State, Western Michigan University, and Troy State University (Europe).
Since coming to Nevada in 1980, Dr. Thompson has been actively study public policy and gambling. He and John Dombrink of the University of California-Irvine were gaming consultants to the President's Commission on Organized Crime. The two wrote The Last Resort: Sucess and Failure in Campaigns for Casinos (U. Nevada Press, 1990). Dr. Thompson's articles on gambling have appeared in many famous magazines and newspapers. He also co-authored (with Michele Comeau) Casino Customer Service = THE WIN WIN GAME (Gaming Wagering Bus., 1992, 1996). He published International Casino Law (Institute for The Study of Gambling and Commercial Gaming, 1999) with Anthony Cabot, Andrew Tottenham, and Carl Braunlich as co-editors. Dr. Thompson has been Chairman of the Gaming Study Committee of WBTI since October, 1996.
Dr. Thomposon appeared as a gambling authority on N.B.C.'s "Today Show", A.B.C.'s "World News Tonight", C.B.C.'s "Sunday Morning," etc. He has been quoted in news media including Time, Newsweek, Business Week, Fortune, Forbes, Wall Street Joural, Washington Post, New York Times, Los Angeles Times, etc. He served as a consultant for many organizations and states. He was a Research Advisor in the U.S. Department of Labor.
Bill was born in the year of dragon. In this begining of the 21 Century, being dedicated to the celebration of Bill's sixty years of age, the Faculty of WBTI cordially welcome qualified public officials who are interested in management, research, and community participation to join PAI with Dr. Thompson for the development and prosperity of Nevada. |
