Thomas R. Lamont

Thomas Ray Lamont (born March 8, 1947) was the United States Assistant Secretary of the Army (Manpower and Reserve Affairs), from June 22, 2009, to September 30, 2013.

Biography

Thomas Lamont was born in Jacksonville, Illinois and graduated from Virginia Senior High in Virginia, Illinois in 1965. He was educated at Illinois State University, graduating with a B.S. in 1969, and at the University of Illinois College of Law, receiving a J.D. degree in 1972. He served as a member of the Illinois Board of Higher Education. He also served on the Military Academy Appointments Committee of U.S. Senator Alan J. Dixon (D—Ill.).

On April 27, 2009, President of the United States Barack Obama nominated Lamont to be Assistant Secretary of the Army. He served until September 2013. He was subsequently appointed to the American Battle Monuments Commission. He was nominated by President Obama to the National Commission on the Future of the Army and served as its vice-chairman until its conclusion (2016).