Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Thomas V. Chema


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The result was keep. Tone 17:16, 29 August 2020 (UTC)

Thomas V. Chema

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Resume for a subject who appears to fail WP:NPROF, WP:BASIC, Bearian's standards for lawyers, and mine. Probably the best argument for notability is NPROF#6—[t]he person has held a highest-level elected or appointed administrative post at a major academic institution or major academic society. Is Hiram College a major academic institution? My gut says no, but it's possible. Sourcing for the claim that he is "recognized as an expert on energy and telecommunications economics and regulation, infrastructure planning, and developing public-private partnerships" is primary. Most-cited paper gets 69 hits at Google Scholar. AleatoryPonderings (talk) 16:27, 22 August 2020 (UTC)
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 * Keep. In addition to serving as a university president, he led the Gateway Development Corporation during the construction of Progressive Field and Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse, was executive director of the Ohio Lottery Commission, and was chair of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio. You'll probably find more information by searching for Tom Chema instead of his full name. For example, Crain's Cleveland Business published this profile of him last week. - Eureka Lott 18:31, 22 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Thanks for pointing out that he's better known as "Tom Chema". That helped me to find some more references. AleatoryPonderings (talk) 18:37, 22 August 2020 (UTC)


 * Keep While I think saying every university and college president in the US is notable might be going too far, Hiram College is a promenent enough liberal arts institutions that I am willing to say being the head of it is enough to pass academic notability.John Pack Lambert (talk) 15:35, 25 August 2020 (UTC)


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