Background
Thompson, Theos Jardin was born on August 30, 1918 in Lincoln, Nebraska, United States. Son of Theos Jefferson and Mabel E. (Dow) Thompson.
Thompson, Theos Jardin was born on August 30, 1918 in Lincoln, Nebraska, United States. Son of Theos Jefferson and Mabel E. (Dow) Thompson.
Bachelor of Arts, Univercity Nebraska, 1941, Master of Arts, 1942, Doctor of Science (honorary), 1964. Doctor of Philosophy in Nuclear Physics, University of California at Berkeley, 1952.
Physicist University of California Radiation Laboratory, 1948-1952, lecturer physics, Berkeley, 1949-1952. Staff Los Alamos Science Laboratory, 1952-1955, reactor design and construction. Associate professor nuclear engineering Massachusetts Institute Technology, 1955-1958, professor, since 1958, director nuclear reactor for design, construction and operation.
Consultant.
Member Atomic Energy Commission advising committee reactor safeguards, 1959-1966, chairman, 1960. Served from Second lieutenant to major, C.W.S., Army of the United States, 1942-1946. Fellow American Nuclear Society (director).
Member American Academy of Arts and Sciences, American Physical Society, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi.
Married Dorothy Sibley, February 14, 1947. Children: Jeff, Edward, Robert, Elizabeth.