In 2001, McDermott set up a masters programme titled "Curating Contemporary Design" with Paul Thompson, then director of the Design Museum in London and now director of the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum in New York.
In June 2002, environmental activist Paul Thompson joined CCR, bringing with him a copious amount of research on the September 11 attacks.
Porl Thompson (born 1957), English musician for The Cure; born Paul Stephen Thompson
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Paul H. Thompson (born 20th century), American educator and administrator
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Paul Thompson, 1st Baron Wenlock (1784–1852), English nobleman and Whig politician
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Before a crowd of 17,311 at Hersheypark Stadium, Hershey kept the Penguins scoreless for two periods before they tied it in the third, then Paul Thompson scored a game-winning breakaway goal 1:19 into overtime.