Background
Purl, O. Thomas was born on June 5, 1924 in East St. Louis, Illinois, United States. Son of Ruthford Keith and Muriel Agnes (Thompson) Purl.
Purl, O. Thomas was born on June 5, 1924 in East St. Louis, Illinois, United States. Son of Ruthford Keith and Muriel Agnes (Thompson) Purl.
Bachelor of Science, University Illinois, 1948. Bachelor of Science, University Illinois, 1951. Master of Science, University Illinois, 1952.
Doctor of Philosophy, University Illinois, 1955.
Head high-power traveling wave tube section, member technical staff, Hughes Research Laboratory, Culver City, California, 1955-1958; section head, department manager, group vice president, vice president shareholder relations and planning coordination, Watkins-Johnson Company, Palo Alto, California, 1958-1986.
Chairman career guidance committee Santa Clara Valley Joint Engineering Council, 1971-1973. Board directors Junior Achievement of Santa Clara County, 1975-1979. Served to 1st lieutenant United States Army Air Force, 1943-1946.
Fellow Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (chairman Santa Clara Valley subsection 1972). Member Sigma Xi, Eta Kappa Nu, Phi Kappa Phi, Sigma Tau. Clubs: Commonwealth of California.
Married Martha Elaine Smalley, February 21, 1948. Children– Thomas Keith, Jeanne Marie Purl Elder.