Background
Coffey, Howard Thomas was born on September 23, 1934 in Bristol, Virginia, United States. Son of Charles Walker and Verna Lee (Pardue) Coffey.
Coffey, Howard Thomas was born on September 23, 1934 in Bristol, Virginia, United States. Son of Charles Walker and Verna Lee (Pardue) Coffey.
AB, King College, 1956; Doctor of Philosophy, U. North Carolina, 1964.
Senior scientist, Westinghouse S&T Center, Pittsburgh, 1962-1967;
manager cryogenic applications, Stanford Research Institute, Menlo Park, California, 1967-1976;
systems manager, American Magnetics, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, 1976-1982;
director marketing, Biomagnetic Technologies, San Diego, 1983-1985;
systems manager, Sub-Sea Systems, Escondido, California, 1985-1988;
deputy manager Maglev, Argonne (Illinois) National Laboratory, 1988-1998. Board directors, corporation secretary Applied Superconductivity Conference, Inc., Batavia, Illinois. Board directors American Magnetics, Inc., 1976-1982.
Member Maglev technical advanced.com. United States Sen., 1989.
Married Rose Marie DePasse, November 10, 1962 (divorced 1978). Children: Nancy Lee, Sandra Marie.