{"id":9941,"date":"2017-10-10T10:27:26","date_gmt":"2017-10-10T14:27:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/textiles.ncsu.edu\/news\/?p=9941"},"modified":"2017-10-10T10:27:26","modified_gmt":"2017-10-10T14:27:26","slug":"fourth-generation-alumna-carves-path","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/textiles.ncsu.edu\/news\/2017\/10\/fourth-generation-alumna-carves-path\/","title":{"rendered":"Fourth Generation Alumna Carves her own Path"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Written by Alyson Tuck<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sara Thomas (B.S., Fashion and Textile Management<\/a> \u201815) has cotton woven into her genes. From her Manhattan office in the marketing department at Richloom Fabrics Group<\/a>, she spends her days developing new marketing and branding for the company\u2019s diverse upholstery and fabric lines. Her graphic design skills and marketing expertise make her competitive in any industry, but Sara isn\u2019t driven to work in just any industry. At Richloom, she\u2019s connected to the fibers that have sustained her family for generations.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sara is the fourth generation of the Thomas family to graduate from the Wilson College of Textiles<\/a>. Her great-grandfather, Mason P. Thomas, arrived on NC State\u2019s<\/a> campus in 1919 and every generation of her family since has followed in his footsteps. However, just as the textile industry has shifted focus across the decades, each member of the Thomas family has carved out his or her unique path.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Following Tradition her own Way<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

In her mind, Sara was always going to NC State, but she didn\u2019t have a plan for what to do when she got there. Growing up in Charlotte, she\u2019d heard stories her whole life about the tremendous experiences that her dad and grandfather had as students at NC State. Sure, most of those stories revolved around fraternity life and sporting events, but she knew NC State was special.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI secretly always knew I was going to be a member of the Wolfpack,\u201d Sara said. \u201cWhen I got in, I was sold.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

As an entering freshman with an undeclared major, Sara knew one way her college experience would differ from the family who had gone before her: She was not going to study textile manufacturing. Ever. From her grandfather \u2014 John G. Thomas Sr. (B.S. \u201855, Textile Manufacturing), founder of Thomas Textile Company \u2014 she\u2019d learned enough about manufacturing to know that it didn\u2019t interest her in the least. Yet among the wide range of courses in her first semester lineup was a survey course in the Wilson College of Textiles. Sara didn\u2019t expect to like it, but it sparked an interest that would shape her future. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

John G. Thomas Jr. (B.S., General Textiles \u201885) never pressured his daughter to follow the family\u2019s legacy with the Wilson College of Textiles. When Sara announced her intent to join Textiles, he was proud but cautious, having personally suffered through the decline of the manufacturing industry. Then she explained that she didn\u2019t want to do what he had done at all. She had discovered a new side of textiles: textile brand management and marketing, fashion development and product management.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Building a Yarn Legacy<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Raised in a textile family, Sara Thomas understood the industry to be about two things: manufacturing and selling yarn. That\u2019s what her family had done for generations. Her great-grandfather, Mason P. Thomas, was president of Hadley-Peoples Manufacturing Company <\/span>in Siler City, N.C., which made 100 percent cotton dyeable yarn for use in industrial fabrics. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The textile industry in North Carolina was strong, and Sara\u2019s grandfather, John G. Thomas Sr., attended the Wilson College of Textiles in the 1950s in preparation for a career at Hadley-Peoples. He started out selling yarn for Hadley-Peoples and discovered that a talent for sales and an educated understanding of his product made him a natural fit. John Thomas Sr. went on to found the Thomas Textile Company out of Charlotte, N.C., selling recycled cotton yarn for industrial use across the country. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

John Thomas Jr., Sara\u2019s father, followed the family tradition. After graduating from the Wilson College of Textiles in 1985, he worked in yarn manufacturing at Parkdale Mills in Thomasville, N.C. before joining the Thomas Textile Company as a salesman. Though he left the textile industry years ago and now owns a concrete company, the pick glass sitting on his desk reminds him daily of his textile roots.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Evolving to Thrive<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

In the Thomas family\u2019s nearly century-long relationship with the Wilson College of Textiles, a lot has changed. The campus moved, the curriculum evolved and diversified and the entire textile industry was transformed. While Sara Thomas studied the same textile fundamentals found in her dad\u2019s old textbooks, she finds her modern, digital experience hard to relate to his generation\u2019s fully manual training. Likewise, Sara\u2019s dad and grandfather know little about her chosen path in textile management, but they couldn\u2019t be prouder of her drive and success. In fact, it is a common poke in the Thomas household that Sara had a better grade point average at NC State than all the Thomas men who came before her.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cShe always had a love for fabric and fashion and design, and so that\u2019s where she staked her claim,\u201d John Thomas Jr. said. \u201cI don\u2019t really understand fashion and design, but she gets it. That\u2019s what she\u2019s made her career doing and I hope she has a long, happy career doing what she wants.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sara Thomas\u2019s promising career in textile management is a clear example of how the College has evolved. After her grandfather witnessed the textile manufacturing industry in North Carolina decline, he questioned how the College could survive. But the family watched as their Wilson College of Textiles, buoyed by the progressive and innovative environment at NC State, reached extraordinary levels of achievement in new areas. They marvel at the recent research and textile applications coming out of the College. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou\u2019ve got to learn to zig when everybody else is zagging, and I think the University has done that,\u201d John Thomas Jr. said. \u201cEven though the industry has declined, [the College has] modernized and gone to the places they have to to keep it a viable industry.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Investing in the Future<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Despite their differences, the Thomas family members\u2019 college experiences share some common threads. At NC State they grew fiercely loyal to their University, their College and their fraternities. They cheered <\/span>for<\/span><\/i> the Wolfpack and <\/span>against<\/span><\/i> the Tarheels with equal passion. They stepped on campus feeling that NC State was home and that the Wilson College of Textiles was an extended part of their family. They acquired the knowledge and training to begin successful careers. And they all walked away with a desire to give back. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Though she\u2019s early in her career and supporting herself in costly Manhattan, Sara Thomas feels strongly about young alumni giving back to the College. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI think it is so important to start giving as soon as you graduate, because it sets a tradition to always donate back to the College,\u201d Sara said. It\u2019s not something she\u2019s ever talked about with her family, but it seems to be an unspoken value shared across the generations. For this family, supporting the College may become an investment in their own future. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Children aren\u2019t on Sara Thomas\u2019 mind these days. But one day, many years down the road, the Thomases might just become the first to see the fifth generation of their family graduate from the Wilson College of Textiles.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"1923
On the left is the 1923 graduation program belonging to Mason Page Thomas. To the right is the 2015 commencement program belonging to his great-granddaughter, Sara Thomas.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Thomas
On the left is the 1923 graduation program belonging to Mason Page Thomas. To the right is the 2015 commencement program belonging to his great-granddaughter, Sara Thomas.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false,"raw":"\n\n\n\n\n

Written by Alyson Tuck<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sara Thomas (B.S., Fashion and Textile Management<\/a> \u201815) has cotton woven into her genes. From her Manhattan office in the marketing department at Richloom Fabrics Group<\/a>, she spends her days developing new marketing and branding for the company\u2019s diverse upholstery and fabric lines. Her graphic design skills and marketing expertise make her competitive in any industry, but Sara isn\u2019t driven to work in just any industry. At Richloom, she\u2019s connected to the fibers that have sustained her family for generations.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sara is the fourth generation of the Thomas family to graduate from the Wilson College of Textiles<\/a>. Her great-grandfather, Mason P. Thomas, arrived on NC State\u2019s<\/a> campus in 1919 and every generation of her family since has followed in his footsteps. However, just as the textile industry has shifted focus across the decades, each member of the Thomas family has carved out his or her unique path.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Following Tradition her own Way<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

In her mind, Sara was always going to NC State, but she didn\u2019t have a plan for what to do when she got there. Growing up in Charlotte, she\u2019d heard stories her whole life about the tremendous experiences that her dad and grandfather had as students at NC State. Sure, most of those stories revolved around fraternity life and sporting events, but she knew NC State was special.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI secretly always knew I was going to be a member of the Wolfpack,\u201d Sara said. \u201cWhen I got in, I was sold.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

As an entering freshman with an undeclared major, Sara knew one way her college experience would differ from the family who had gone before her: She was not going to study textile manufacturing. Ever. From her grandfather \u2014 John G. Thomas Sr. (B.S. \u201855, Textile Manufacturing), founder of Thomas Textile Company \u2014 she\u2019d learned enough about manufacturing to know that it didn\u2019t interest her in the least. Yet among the wide range of courses in her first semester lineup was a survey course in the Wilson College of Textiles. Sara didn\u2019t expect to like it, but it sparked an interest that would shape her future. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

John G. Thomas Jr. (B.S., General Textiles \u201885) never pressured his daughter to follow the family\u2019s legacy with the Wilson College of Textiles. When Sara announced her intent to join Textiles, he was proud but cautious, having personally suffered through the decline of the manufacturing industry. Then she explained that she didn\u2019t want to do what he had done at all. She had discovered a new side of textiles: textile brand management and marketing, fashion development and product management.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Building a Yarn Legacy<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Raised in a textile family, Sara Thomas understood the industry to be about two things: manufacturing and selling yarn. That\u2019s what her family had done for generations. Her great-grandfather, Mason P. Thomas, was president of Hadley-Peoples Manufacturing Company <\/span>in Siler City, N.C., which made 100 percent cotton dyeable yarn for use in industrial fabrics. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The textile industry in North Carolina was strong, and Sara\u2019s grandfather, John G. Thomas Sr., attended the Wilson College of Textiles in the 1950s in preparation for a career at Hadley-Peoples. He started out selling yarn for Hadley-Peoples and discovered that a talent for sales and an educated understanding of his product made him a natural fit. John Thomas Sr. went on to found the Thomas Textile Company out of Charlotte, N.C., selling recycled cotton yarn for industrial use across the country. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

John Thomas Jr., Sara\u2019s father, followed the family tradition. After graduating from the Wilson College of Textiles in 1985, he worked in yarn manufacturing at Parkdale Mills in Thomasville, N.C. before joining the Thomas Textile Company as a salesman. Though he left the textile industry years ago and now owns a concrete company, the pick glass sitting on his desk reminds him daily of his textile roots.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Evolving to Thrive<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

In the Thomas family\u2019s nearly century-long relationship with the Wilson College of Textiles, a lot has changed. The campus moved, the curriculum evolved and diversified and the entire textile industry was transformed. While Sara Thomas studied the same textile fundamentals found in her dad\u2019s old textbooks, she finds her modern, digital experience hard to relate to his generation\u2019s fully manual training. Likewise, Sara\u2019s dad and grandfather know little about her chosen path in textile management, but they couldn\u2019t be prouder of her drive and success. In fact, it is a common poke in the Thomas household that Sara had a better grade point average at NC State than all the Thomas men who came before her.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cShe always had a love for fabric and fashion and design, and so that\u2019s where she staked her claim,\u201d John Thomas Jr. said. \u201cI don\u2019t really understand fashion and design, but she gets it. That\u2019s what she\u2019s made her career doing and I hope she has a long, happy career doing what she wants.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sara Thomas\u2019s promising career in textile management is a clear example of how the College has evolved. After her grandfather witnessed the textile manufacturing industry in North Carolina decline, he questioned how the College could survive. But the family watched as their Wilson College of Textiles, buoyed by the progressive and innovative environment at NC State, reached extraordinary levels of achievement in new areas. They marvel at the recent research and textile applications coming out of the College. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou\u2019ve got to learn to zig when everybody else is zagging, and I think the University has done that,\u201d John Thomas Jr. said. \u201cEven though the industry has declined, [the College has] modernized and gone to the places they have to to keep it a viable industry.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Investing in the Future<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Despite their differences, the Thomas family members\u2019 college experiences share some common threads. At NC State they grew fiercely loyal to their University, their College and their fraternities. They cheered <\/span>for<\/span><\/i> the Wolfpack and <\/span>against<\/span><\/i> the Tarheels with equal passion. They stepped on campus feeling that NC State was home and that the Wilson College of Textiles was an extended part of their family. They acquired the knowledge and training to begin successful careers. And they all walked away with a desire to give back. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Though she\u2019s early in her career and supporting herself in costly Manhattan, Sara Thomas feels strongly about young alumni giving back to the College. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI think it is so important to start giving as soon as you graduate, because it sets a tradition to always donate back to the College,\u201d Sara said. It\u2019s not something she\u2019s ever talked about with her family, but it seems to be an unspoken value shared across the generations. For this family, supporting the College may become an investment in their own future. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Children aren\u2019t on Sara Thomas\u2019 mind these days. But one day, many years down the road, the Thomases might just become the first to see the fifth generation of their family graduate from the Wilson College of Textiles.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"1923
On the left is the 1923 graduation program belonging to Mason Page Thomas. To the right is the 2015 commencement program belonging to his great-granddaughter, Sara Thomas.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Thomas
On the left is the 1923 graduation program belonging to Mason Page Thomas. To the right is the 2015 commencement program belonging to his great-granddaughter, Sara Thomas.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n"},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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