Tony Palomo
| Antonio "Tony" Palomo | |
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| Senator of the 12th, 14th, and 15th Guam Legislature | |
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In office January 1, 1973 – January 5, 1981 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born |
Antonio Manibusan Palomo June 13, 1931 Agana (now Hagåtña), Guam |
| Died | February 1, 2013 (aged 81) Tamuning, Guam |
| Political party | Republican Party of Guam |
| Spouse(s) | Magarita Manibusan |
| Alma mater | Marquette University |
| Occupation | Politician, historian, journalist, columnist, academic |
| Nickname(s) | Tony |
Antonio "Tony" Manibusan Palomo (June 13, 1931 – February 1, 2013) was a Guamanian politician, historian, journalist, columnist, and academic. Palomo served as a senator in the Legislature of Guam and the director of the Guam Museum from December 1995 to June 2007.
Palomo was born in Agana, Guam, (present-day Hagåtña) on June 13, 1931, the oldest of nine children of Vicente Gogo Palomo and Dolores "Lydia" Mendiola Manibusan. He attended both Padre Palomo and Agana Elementary Schools.
He was ten years old when Japanese forces attacked Guam on December 8, 1941, leading to the occupation of the island during World War II. Palomo graduated from Belmont Abbey College Prep School in Charlotte, North Carolina, in 1950. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in journalism from the College of Journalism at Marquette University, a Jesuit university in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in 1954. He began his journalism career as a Milwaukee Sentinel copy boy while attending Marquette.
Palomo returned to Guam following his graduation from Marquette. He married his wife, Margarita, in 1958 and the couple raised their ten children in Tamuning.
Palomo began his journalism career in Guam as a proofreader and general assignment reporter for the Guam Daily News. (The Guam Daily News is a predecessor to the modern-day Pacific Daily News newspaper). He served as the assistant managing editor and sports editor of the Guam Daily News from 1954 until 1963. In addition to his work for the Pacific Daily News, Palomo also worked as a Guam-based correspondent for the Associated Press and a reporter for the Pacific-edition of the Stars and Stripes, reporting on the Vietnam War during the era.
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