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For Immediate Release September 6, 2000
Contact: Cristi Allen
callen@decisionanalyst.com
Phone: 817-640-6166

ARLINGTON, Texas — The University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) has named Jerry W. Thomas, president and chief executive officer of Decision Analyst, Inc., one of its "Distinguished Alumni," university officials announced.

Thomas holds a bachelor's degree in business from the University of Texas at Arlington, and a MBA from the University of Texas in Austin. An honor student at UTA, Thomas was the American Marketing Association's "Outstanding Marketing Student" during his senior year. He also was named a "Distinguished Military Student" and was Deputy Corp Commander in ROTC at UTA during his senior year. Thomas served two years on the student council at UTA and was chairman of the Student Activities Board. He was also a member of the Phi Sigma Epsilon business organization at UTA.

Thomas has continued to serve UTA in various ways over the years, most recently as chairman of the Advisory Board for the Master of Science in Marketing Research (MSMR) degree program. During his tenure as chairman, the MSMR program at the University of Texas at Arlington has become one of the top marketing research graduate programs in the world.

Thomas founded Decision Analyst, Inc., an international marketing research and marketing consulting firm, in 1978. With over 200 employees, the firm serves a number of Fortune 500 companies and many other businesses throughout the U.S., Canada, and Western Europe. Decision Analyst is a world leader in the use of Internet-based panels to conduct marketing research, with over 1.6 million individuals around the globe in its consumer panel.

For additional information contact:
Cristi Allen
Publicity
Email: callen@decisionanalyst.com
Phone: 1.800.ANALYSIS (262.5974)
Address: 604 Avenue H East
Arlington, TX 76011

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