Background
Bourne, Henry Clark was born on December 31, 1921 in Tarboro, North Carolina, United States. Son of Henry Clark and Marion (Alston) Bourne.
Electrical engineering educator academic official
Bourne, Henry Clark was born on December 31, 1921 in Tarboro, North Carolina, United States. Son of Henry Clark and Marion (Alston) Bourne.
Bachelor of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1947; S.M. Entertainment, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1948; Doctor of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1952.
Assistant professor, Massachusetts Institute Technology, 1952-1954; assistant professor, then associate professor, University of California at, Berkeley, 1954-1963; professor electrical engineering, Rice U., Houston, 1963-1977; department chairman, Rice U., 1963-1974; section head engineering division, National Science Foundation, Washington, 1974-1975; division director engineering, National Science Foundation, Washington, 1977-1979; deputy assistant director, Directorate Engineering and Applied Science, 1979-1981; vice president for academic affairs, Georgia Institute Technology, Atlanta, 1981-1986, 87-88; acting president, Georgia Institute Technology, Atlanta, 1986-1987; professor electrical engineering, Georgia Institute Technology, Atlanta, 1988-1992; professor electrical engineering emeritus, Georgia Institute Technology, Atlanta, since 1992. Consultant editor Harper & Row, New York City, 1961-1967. Consultant electrical engineering, since 1952.
Served to First lieutenant C.E. Army of the United States, 1943-1946. Fellow Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member American Physical Society, American Society Engineering Education, SigmaXi, Tau Beta Pi, Eta Kappa Nu, Phi Kappa Phi, Omicron Delta Kappa, Beta Gamma Sigma, Delta Tau Delta.
Married Margaret Barr Thomas, August 15, 1953. Children: Katherine Wimberley, Henry Clark III, Thomas Franklin, Margaret Alston.