Donald Oscar Thompson

Background

Thompson, Donald Oscar was born on February 27, 1927 in Clear Lake, Iowa, United States.

Education

Bachelor, U. Iowa, 1949; Bachelor of Science, U. Iowa, 1950; Doctor of Philosophy in Physics, U. Iowa, 1953.

Career

Group leader, member radiation effects group, Oak Ridge National Lab, 1954-1964; manager technical staff, director structural materials department, Rockwell Institute Science Center, 1967-1979; director aerospace engineering and engineering mechanics, Iowa State University, 1979-1987; distinguished professor, Iowa State University, since 1979; principal scientist and program director Ames Laboratory, Iowa State University, since 1979; emeritus director Center Non-Destructive Evaluation, Iowa State University, since 1997.

Achievements

• Donald Oscar Thompson has been listed as a noteworthy Physicist by Marquis Who's Who.

Connections

M. Barbara Newell, 1946. Children: James, Stephen, John.

child:

Stephen Thompson

child:

John Thompson

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James Thompson