Henry Clarke Thacher

Background

Thacher, Henry Clarke was born on August 8, 1918 in New York City. Son of Henry Clarke and Ethel (Anderson) Thacher.

Education

Bachelor, Yale University, 1940; Master of Science, Harvard University, 1942; Doctor of Philosophy, Yale University, 1949.

Career

Instructor chemistry, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, 1947-1948; assistant professor of chemistry, Indiana U., Bloomington, 1949-1954; task scientist, Aero. Research Laboratory, Wright Paterson Air Force Base, 1954-1958. associate chemist, Argonne (Illinois) National Laboratory, 1958-1966; consultant, Argonne (Illinois) National Laboratory, 1966-1976; professor computing science, U. Notre Dame, Indiana, 1966-1971; professor computer science, U. Kentucky, Lexington, 1971-1985; professor emeritus, U. Kentucky, Lexington, since 1985. Consultant Holloman Air Force Base, Alamagordo, New Mexico, 1960, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California, 1967.

Membership

Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member of New York Academy Sciences, Society Industrial and Applied Mathematics (visiting lecturer 1959-1961).

Connections

Married Ann Babcock Peters, August 29, 1942. Children: Mary B. Thacher Kelly, Ann K. Thacher-Renshaw, Harriet Thacher Holbrook, Alida, Henry C. III.

Father:

Henry Clarke Thacher

Mother:

Ethel (Anderson) Thacher

Spouse:

Ann Babcock Peters

child:

Alida Thacher

child:

Harriet Thacher Holbrook Thacher

child:

Mary B. Thacher Kelly Thacher

child:

Henry C. III Thacher

child:

Ann K. Thacher-Renshaw Thacher