Marshall S. Thomas is a recently retired Foreign Service Officer who served in East Asia for most of his career. Marshall attended the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service, the University of New Mexico and the University of Miami where he graduated with a major in Government/International Affairs, a minor in History. Marshall's Foreign Service career included postings in Saigon, Vietnam (1969), Taiwan, Hong Kong, Bangkok, Manila, Canberra, Kuala Lumpur, and Washington D.C.