Background
Thomas, Carl Clapp was born on July 14, 1872 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Son of George Roscoe and Caroline Melissa (Clapp) Thomas.
Thomas, Carl Clapp was born on July 14, 1872 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Son of George Roscoe and Caroline Melissa (Clapp) Thomas.
Leland Stanford Junior University, 1891-1894. Mechanical Engineering, Sibley College (Cornell Univercity), 1895.
Draftsman, assistant engineer, chief engineer Globe Iron Works Company, Cleveland, 1895-1899. Chief draftsman marine department Maryland. Steel Company, 1899-1901.
Professor marine engineering and naval architecture, New York University, 1901-1903.
Assistant professor mechanic engineering, University of California, 1903-1904. Professor marine engineering, Cornell, 1904-1908.
Professor steam engineering, University of Wisconsin, 1908-1913. Professor mechanic engineering, Johns Hopkins, 1913-1920.
Western representative and vice president Dwight P. Robinson & Company, Incorporated., since 1920.
City director of Pasadena, California, 1921-1924. Associate in engineering research, California Institute of Technology.
Member National Guard of California, 1889-1892. Manager machinery fabrication of America International Shipbuilding Corporation, Philadelphia (on leave from Johns Hopkins), 1917-1919.
Married Katharine L. Nash, July 14, 1899. Children: Dorothy Grace (deceased), Alfred Randall, Roscoe.