Background
Sears, Curtis Thornton was born on August 3, 1938 in Wareham, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Curtis Thornton Senior and Ruth (Blake) Sears.
Sears, Curtis Thornton was born on August 3, 1938 in Wareham, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Curtis Thornton Senior and Ruth (Blake) Sears.
AB, West Virginia Wesleyan University, 1961; Doctor of Philosophy, U. North Carolina, 1966.
North Atlantic Treaty Organization postdoctoral fellow, Bristol (England) University, 1966-1967; assistant professor of chemistry, University of Southern California, Columbia, 1967-1971; from assistant to associate professor, Georgia State University, Atlanta, 1977; associate chairman chemistry department, Georgia State University, Atlanta, 1986-1991; associate vice president research and information technical, Georgia State University, Atlanta, 1993-1994. Reviewer National Science Foundation, Washington, since 1975, visiting scientist, 1991-1992, 94.
Member American Chemical Society, Royal Society Chemistry, Examinations Institute of America Chemical Society (chair commission 1986-1991).
Married Martha Wilda Colvin, July 5, 1960 (divorced May 1977). Children: Amy Elizabeth, Leslie Edward. Married Ronnie Spilton, March 23, 1980.