Wayne J. Thorburn

WAYNE THORBURN has spent a lifetime of involvement in conservative and Republican politics.

He was executive director of Young Americans for Freedom in the early 1970s and then held the same position for five years with the Republican Party of Texas. Formerly a political science faculty member at three universities, he received his PhD in Government & Politics from the University of Maryland. Wayne was a delegate to two GOP national conventions and

held appointments in the Reagan and George H. W. Bush administrations. Wayne and his wife, Judith, have lived in Austin, Texas since 1977.