Thomas R. Berkelman

Thomas Roger Berkelman (born May 2, 1040) is an American politician.

Berkelman lived in Duluth, Minnesota. He received his bachelor's degree from University of Minnesota Duluth, in history and political science, in 1971, and his master's degree in public communications and political science, in 1973, from California State University, Long Beach. Berkelman also studied at the European Study Center in Luxembourg. He worked for Duluth Public and Industrial Relations and for the Anderson-Ryan Company. Berkelman served in the Minnesota House of Representatives from 1977 to 1983 and was a Democrat. He was married to Kathleen A. Blatz who also served in the Minnesota Legislature; they were then divorced.[1]