Background
Thomas, Jacob Earl was born on September 7, 1918 in Seattle, Washington, United States. Son of Jacob Earl and Ursula May (Johnson) Thomas.
Thomas, Jacob Earl was born on September 7, 1918 in Seattle, Washington, United States. Son of Jacob Earl and Ursula May (Johnson) Thomas.
AB, Johns Hopkins University, 1939. Doctor of Philosophy, California Institute of Technology, 1943.
Group leader rocket development California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, 1942-1945. Group leader Manhattan Project, University California, Los Alamos, 1945-1946. Assistant professor electrical engineering Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1946-1951.
Member technical staff Bell Telephone Laboratories, Murray Hill, New Jersey, 1951-1952. Group leader Massachusetts Institute of Technology Lincoln Laboratories, Lexington, 1952-1955. Professor, chairman department physics Wayne State University, Detroit, 1955-1959.
Director research Sylvania Electric, Woburn, Massachusetts, 1959-1962. Manager solid state development International Business Machines Corporation, Poughkeepsie, New York, 1962-1964. Manager new product development General Instrument Company, Newark, 1964-1967.
Vice president Carman Sapphire Company, Reseda, California, 1967-1970. Consultant Warnecke Electron Tubes, Des Plaines, Illinois, 1970-1971. Director components research Victor Comptometer Company, 1971-1975.
Manager advanced development NCR Corporation, Ithaca, New York, 1975-1984. Consultant private companies and government agencies.
Active Southeast Asian refugee resettlement program. Fellow: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (Millennium medal), American PHys. Society; member: Tau Beta Pi, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi.
Married Margaret Louise Johnston, June 15, 1977. Children– Richard Bruce, Jacob Earl, John Calvin, James Hayden, Denise May Thomas Pratt, Stillman Jefferson.