Anthony Wayne Thompson

Background

Thompson, Anthony Wayne was born on March 6, 1940 in Burbank, California, United States. Son of William Lyman and Mary Adelaide (Nisbet) Thompson.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Stanford University, 1962; Master of Science, U. Washington, 1965; Doctor of Philosophy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1970.

Career

Research engineer, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California, 1962-1963; member technical staff, Sandia laboratories, Livermore, California, 1970-1973; member technical staff, Rockwell Science Center, Thousand Oaks, California, 1973-1977; associate professor, Carnegie Mellon U., Pittsburgh, 1977-1979; professor, Carnegie Mellon U., Pittsburgh, 1980-1994; department head, Carnegie Mellon U., Pittsburgh, 1987-1990; staff scientist, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Berkeley, California, since 1994. Visiting scientist U. Cambridge, England, 1983, Risø, Denmark, 1987, University of California, 1991. Consultant Sandia laboratories, since 1977, General Electric, since 1988.

Research engineer University of California, Berkeley, since 1995.

Achievements

• Anthony Wayne Thompson has been listed as a noteworthy Metallurgist, educator, consultant by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

• book

  • Work Hardening in Tension and Fatigue

Membership

Fellow American Society Metals. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Institute of Mining, Metallurgy, and Petroleum Engineers, Sigma Xi.

Connections

Married Mary Ruth Cummings, August 24, 1963. Children: Campbell Lyman, Michael Anthony.

Father:

William Lyman Thompson

Mother:

Mary Adelaide (Nisbet) Thompson

Spouse:

Mary Ruth Cummings

child:

Campbell Lyman Thompson

child:

Michael Anthony Thompson