Background
Thorne, John Thomas was born on April 17, 1926 in Port Arthur, Texas, United States. Son of Ernest Eugene and Mary (Wooldridge) Thorne.
Thorne, John Thomas was born on April 17, 1926 in Port Arthur, Texas, United States. Son of Ernest Eugene and Mary (Wooldridge) Thorne.
Student, Texas College Mines, 1945. Student, LeTourneau Technology, 1950. Student, Lamar College, 1953.
Student, Lee College, 1965. Student, University Houston, 1979.
Instrument technician Texas City Refining Inc. (Texas), 1953-1963; instrument and electronics instructor Lee College, 1963-1966. Instrument supervisor Technology Maintenance, Inc., Pasadena, Texas, 1963-1967, independent consultant Houston area, 1967-1968, Diamond-Shamrock, Tenneco, United States Industrial Chemicals, Olin Corporation, Houston area, 1967-1968.
Instrument technical department head San Jacinto College, 1966-1968. Regional systems manager Robertshaw Controls Company, Houston and Anaheim, California, 1968-1970. Independent consultant Olin Corp.and Pasadena Indiana School District, 1970-1972.
Manager training sales Tex-A-Mation Engineering, La Porte, Texas, 1971-1972. Independent consultant Forney Engineering, Dallas, also J.E. Sirrine Company Houston, 1972. Instrument designer Stubbs, Overbeck & Associates.
Assigned to Celanese Chm. Company, Bishop, Texas, 1972. Instrument design supervisor S.I.P., Inc., Houston, 1972.
Assigned to Shell Chemical Company, 1972-1974. Senior instrument engineer, design supervisor Tellepsen Petro-Chemical Construction Company, 1974-1979. Principal Thorne Consultant Service, since 1979.
Member Texas Senate Committee for Technology and Vocational, 1971-1975. Texas representative for instrumentation Department of Health Conference, Los Alamos, 1967.
Served with Army of the United States, 1946, 50-53. With United States Army Air Force, 1946-1949. Member Instrument Society of America (education director Houston section 1972-1974), American Society Engineering Technicians, International Platform Association, National Society Professional Engineers, Masons.
Married Patricia McBride, February 12, 1949. Children: John Thomas, Ernest E., Alida Diane, Jerry Allen.