Born in Portland, Oregon on Feb.17, 1937, Nadine Thomas moved to California at age of 6 weeks. Being a Navy junior and a navy wife, she has lived in 37 cities. She attended four different high schools and four different colleges. She received her degree in chemistry and biology from the University of San Diego. Her favorite job was teaching biology. She presently lives in a house her husband built in Aiken which he named "Dunromin." Her grandchildren live in Indianola, Washington