Background
Thomsen, Donald Laurence was born on April 21, 1921 in Stamford, Connecticut, United States. Son of Donald Laurence and Linda (Comstock) Thomsen.
Institute executive mathematician
Thomsen, Donald Laurence was born on April 21, 1921 in Stamford, Connecticut, United States. Son of Donald Laurence and Linda (Comstock) Thomsen.
Graduate, Phillips Exeter Academy, 1938; Bachelor in Mathematics magna cum laude, Amherst College, 1942; Doctor of Philosophy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1947.
Teaching fellow, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1942;
instructor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1943-1947;
instructor, then assistant professor, Haverford (Pennsylvania) College, 1947-1950;
research fellow, then research engineer, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute Technology, 1950-1952;
assistant professor, Pennsylvania State University, 1952-1954;
with, International Business Machines Corporation Corporation, 1954-1972;
special assistant to director education, International Business Machines Corporation Corporation, 1961-1962;
director professional activities, International Business Machines Corporation Corporation, 1963-1966;
corporation director engineering education, International Business Machines Corporation Corporation, 1967-1972;
president, Societal Institute of Mathematics Sciences, New Canaan, Connecticut, since 1973;
also board directors, Societal Institute of Mathematics Sciences, New Canaan, Connecticut. Member visiting committee College Science, Drexel Institute Technology, 1969-1971. Member of advisory committee for Individualized science instrumental system College Education, Florida State University, 1973-1975.
Principal investigator research studies in environmental pollution and human exposure, since 1973. Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome researcher, since 1988.
Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Mathematics Society, American Statistical Association, Mathematics Association American (Chairman of Commission institutions), Society Industrial and Applied Mathematics (president 1959, chairman trustees 1960-1972, Merit certified Institute Mathematics and Society 1972), American Federation Information Processing Socs. (chairman education committee 1965-1966, chairman United States committee IFIP Congress 1968, 66-69, board directors 1969-1977, Executive Committee 1975-1977), Association Computing Machinery, American Ordnance Association (chairman research division), International Federation Information Processing (chairman exhibits committee New York City Congress 1965), Conference Board Mathematics Sciences (chairman budget and finance committee), International Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Society, International Society Exposure Analysis, Connecticut Academy Arts and Sciences, Cosmos Club (Washington), The Princeton Club (New York City), Woodway Country Club (Darien, Connecticut), Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Delta Tau Delta.
Married Linda Rollins Leach, June 14, 1958. Children: Melinda Rollins, Katherine Thomsen Love, Donald Laurence III.