Background
Thurston, Marlin Oakes was born on September 20, 1918 in Denver, Colorado, United States. Son of Harold Marlin and Sylva Eleanor (Howard) Thurston.
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Thurston, Marlin Oakes was born on September 20, 1918 in Denver, Colorado, United States. Son of Harold Marlin and Sylva Eleanor (Howard) Thurston.
Bachelor, University Colorado, 1940. Master of Science, University Colorado, 1946. Doctor of Philosophy, Ohio State University, 1955.
Instructor, U. Colorado, Boulder, 1942; associate professor, United States Air Force Institute Technology, Dayton, Ohio., 1946-1951; research associate, Ohio State University, Columbus, 1952-1955; associate professor, Ohio State University, Columbus, 1955-1959; professor, Ohio State University, Columbus, 1959-1982; Critchfield professor electrical engineering, Ohio State University, Columbus, 1974-1982; chairman electrical engineering, Ohio State University, Columbus, 1965-1977; professor emeritus, Ohio State University, Columbus, since 1982; president, Thurston-Bell Associations, Inc., Columbus, 1982-1992; president, Thurston, Bell & Olson, Columbus, since 1992. Consultant Westinghouse Advanced Technology Laboratory, Baltimore, 1962-1982, Research Advisory Board United States Nuclear Defense Laboratory, 1968-1969, Scientific Advisory Board United States Air Force, Washington, 1973-1974. Chairman National Engineering Consortium, Inc., Chicago, 1978-1979.
Lieutenant colonel United States Air Force Reserve, 1942-1946. Fellow Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (chairman Columbus section 1965-1966).
Married Helen Marie Dunton, March 15, 1942. Children: Richard B., Kenneth P., Charles M.