29 Facts About Tony Palomo

Antonio "Tony" Manibusan Palomo was a Guamanian politician, historian, journalist, columnist, and academic.

Tony Palomo was born in Agana, Guam, on June 13,1931, the oldest of nine children of Vicente Gogo Tony Palomo and Dolores "Lydia" Mendiola Manibusan.

Tony Palomo attended both Padre Palomo and Agana Elementary Schools.

Tony Palomo was ten years old when Japanese forces attacked Guam on December 8,1941, leading to the occupation of the island during World War II.

Tony Palomo graduated from Belmont Abbey College Prep School in Charlotte, North Carolina, in 1950.

Tony Palomo received a Bachelor of Science degree in journalism from the College of Journalism at Marquette University, a Jesuit university in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in 1954.

Tony Palomo began his journalism career as a Milwaukee Sentinel copy boy while attending Marquette.

Tony Palomo married his wife, Margarita, in 1958 and the couple raised their ten children in Tamuning.

Tony Palomo began his journalism career in Guam as a proofreader and general assignment reporter for the Guam Daily News.

Tony Palomo served as the assistant managing editor and sports editor of the Guam Daily News from 1954 until 1963.

Tony Palomo was involved with other magazines and newspapers as well.

Tony Palomo edited the weekly newspaper, Pacifican; served as both the publisher and editor of the monthly magazine, Pacific Profile; and worked as the editor of the daily newspaper, Pacific Journal.

In 1969, Tony Palomo served as the President of the first Constitutional Convention of Guam.

Tony Palomo was a member of the first Commission on Self-Determination for Guam.

Tony Palomo attended the South Pacific Conference, the predecessor of the Secretariat of the Pacific Community, held in Noumea, New Caledonia, in 1969 as Guam's official delegate to the conference.

Tony Palomo advised the delegation of the United States to the South Pacific Commission.

Tony Palomo became the special assistant to the first elected Governor of Guam, Carlos Camacho.

Tony Palomo was the records manager and administrative director of the 8th Guam Legislature prior to running for elected office.

Tony Palomo was elected as a Senator during the 12th, 14th, and 15th Guam Legislatures during the 1970s and early 1980s.

Tony Palomo served as the Chairman of the Committee on Rules and the Committee on Territorial and Federal Affairs during his tenure as a senator.

From 1986 until 1994, Tony Palomo was a Department of the Interior desk officer for American Samoa and the US Virgin Islands, as well as an Interior Department's Guam field representative.

Tony Palomo held the position of acting Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Territorial and International Affairs for a time.

Tony Palomo served as the Director of the Guam Museum from December 1995 to June 2007.

Tony Palomo oversaw the opening of an exhibit of Guamanian history at the Micronesia Mall beginning in April 2004, which has attracted more than 200,000 visitors to date.

Tony Palomo was a strong advocate for the construction of a permanent building for the Guam Museum.

Tony Palomo retired as the museum's director on June 13,2007.

Tony Palomo died at Guam Memorial Hospital in Tamuning, Guam, on February 1,2013, at the age of 81.

Tony Palomo was survived by his wife, Margarita, and nine of their ten children.

Tony Palomo's eulogy was given by former Senator Eddie Duenas, while singers Jesse Bias and Ruby Aquiningoc Santos sang The Star-Spangled Banner and The Guam Hymn.