Background
Jasper, Martin Theophilus was born on March 19, 1934 in Hazlehurst, Mississippi, United States. Son of Thomas Theophilus and Alice Maie (Norton) Jasper.
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Martin Theophilus Jasper
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Education
Bachelor of Science, Mississippi State University, 1955; Master of Science, Mississippi State University, 1962; postgraduate, Stevens Institute Technology, 1963; Doctor of Philosophy, University Alabama, 1967.
Career
Engineer, American Cast Iron Pipe Company, Birmingham, Alabama, 1955-1956; plant metallurigist, Vickers, Inc., Jackson, Mississippi, 1957-1959; senior design engineer missile division, Chrysler Corporation, Huntsville, Alabama, 1959-1960; instructor mechanic engineering, Mississippi State University, 1960-1963; assistant professor, Mississippi State University, 1966-1968; associate professor, Mississippi State University, 1968-1975; professor, Mississippi State University, 1975-1988.
Achievements
Membership
Served to Second lieutenant, Mediterranean Shipping Company Army of the United States, 1956-1957. Member American Society of Mechanical Engineers (chairman Mississippi section 1971-1972), Society Manufacturing Engineers (chapter chairman 1969-1970, chairman national research education grants committee 1974-1975), American Society Engineering Education, Mississippi Academy Science, New York Academy Science, Sigma Xi, Pi Mu Epsilon, Tau Beta Pi, Pi Tau Sigma.
Connections
Married Mary Altha Ledbetter, November 2, 1963. Children— Nellie Rebecca, Alice Hesta, Martin Theophilus, Mary Margaret, William Richard.
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Died
August 11, 1988 (aged 54) -
Resting place
Starkville, Mississippi, United States -
Nationality
American