Dr. Michael Thomas

Jeffrey A. Halm

(North Canton, OH – Nov. 3, 2009) – Dr. Michael Thomas of Thomas and Associates, D.D.S.,  and attorney Jeffrey A. Halm, partner in the law firm of Buckingham, Doolittle and Burroughs, LLP,  have been reappointed to three-year terms on the Stark State College Board of Trustees.

Originally appointed to the Board in 2000, Dr. Thomas is currently serving as vice-chair.  He is president of the Stark County Dental Society, was instrumental in starting the dental hygiene program and clinic at Stark State and is founder of the Canton Community Clinic dental department.  An avid community volunteer, the Louisville resident serves as Louisville High School team dentist and Southgate School dentist.  He is also head coach for the Louisville youth baseball, basketball and football teams.

Thomas earned his doctorate of dental surgery from the The Ohio State University and his bachelor of arts degree from the University of Notre Dame. He was voted the Stark County Dental Society Man of the Year in 1998 and is a past recipient of the Ohio Dental Association’s N. Wayne Hiatt Rising Star award and the Marvin M. Fisk humanitarian award.

Halm, of Canton, was originally appointed to the Board in 2005.  Halm received his bachelor’s degree from Denison University in Granville, Ohio and his J.D. from The Ohio State University College of Law.  He has been listed in The Best Lawyers in America in the area of trusts and estates since 2007, and has been recognized by his peers as one of Ohio’s Super Lawyers since 2004.  He serves on the Trusts & Estates Committee of the Stark Community Foundation.

Halm also is Board Chair of the Canton Symphony Orchestra and a member of the Boards for the American Heart Association, The Arc of Stark County, Jackson-Belden Chamber of Commerce, a member of Jackson Township Rotary, and on the Advisory Board for the Boy Scouts, Buckeye Council.

Other Board members include Christopher J. Maurer, chair; Penny Sherrod-Campanizzi, Tony Townsend, Fonda P. Williams II  and Kelly Zachary.