Edward Frederick Thode

Background

Thode, Edward Frederick was born on May 31, 1921 in New York City. Son of E. Frederick and Kathleen V. (McGowan) Thode.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1942. S.M. Entertainment, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1943. Doctor of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1947.

Career

Chemical engineer, Boston Woven Hose & Rubber Company, Cambridge, Massachusetts assistant professor chemical engineering, U. Maine, Orono, 1947-1949; associate professor, U. Maine, 1949-1954; senior research engineer, 3M Company, St. Paul, 1954-1955; research associate, faculty member, Institute Paper Chemistry, Appleton, Wisconsin, 1955-1963; manager department engineering computer and computer center, Institute Paper Chemistry, 1959-1963; professor chemical engineering, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, 1963-1974; head department chemical engineering, New Mexico State University, 1963-1974; professor management, New Mexico State University, 1974-1986; professor emertus chemical engineering and management, New Mexico State University, since 1986. Consultant American Cyanamid Company, International Business Machines Corporation, General Elec. Company, Bell Telephone laboratories.

Affiliate staff member Los Alamos Science Laboratory, 1965-1990. Proprietor Engineer-In-Training Cons., 1972-1991.

Achievements

• Edward Frederick Thode has been listed as a noteworthy Chemical engineer, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member executive board Yucca council Boy Scouts American, 1968-1972. Director Mesilla Park Heritage Association, 1988-1993, secretary, 1988-1989, vice president, 1990, president 1991. Treasurer Mesilla Valley Conference Churches, 1989.

Vestryman, lay reader, lay eucharistic minister, warden, 1970, 71, 87, 93, 94. Member American Institute of Chemical Engineers (chairman Rio Grande section 1990), American Society Engineering Education, Masons, Lions, Sigma Xi, Tau Beta Pi, Beta Gamma Sigma, Phi Kappa Phi.

Connections

Married Isobel Zoeller, May 27, 1944 (deceased December 19, 2007). Children: Karen (Mistress Paul M. O'Neil), Stephen Frederick, Jonathan Edward.

Father:

E. Frederick Thode

Mother:

Kathleen V. (McGowan) Thode

Spouse:

Isobel Zoeller

child:

Karen Thode (Mistress Paul M. O'Neil)

child:

Stephen Frederick Thode

child:

Jonathan Edward Thode