Background
Bonner, Tom Wilkerson was born on October 19, 1910 in Greenville, Texas, United States. Son of Medona and Bessie (Spears) Bonner.
Bonner, Tom Wilkerson was born on October 19, 1910 in Greenville, Texas, United States. Son of Medona and Bessie (Spears) Bonner.
Bachelor of Science, Southern Methodist University, 1931. Master of Arts, Rice Institute, 1932, Doctor of Philosophy, 1934. National Research Council fellow California Institute Technology, 1934-1936.
Guggenheim fellow Cambridge University, England, 1938-1939.
Rice Institute, 1936-1941, professor physics, since 1945. department chairman, since 1947. Associate head airborne division Radiation Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute Technology, 1941-1945. Consultant Los Alamos Laboratory, since 1946.
Vice chairman council Oak Ridge Institute Nuclear Studies, 1955-1956, 58-59, director, since 1959.
Member of commission on nuclear physics International Union Pure and Applied Physics, since 1960. Physical advisory panel National Science Foundation, since 1959.
Visiting committee Brookhaven National Laboratory, since 1959. Fellowship board National Research Council, 1947-1954.
Member nuclear cross sections advisory group to Atomic Energy Commission, since 1951.
Member of commission on nuclear physics International Union Pure and Applied Physics, since 1960. Member nuclear cross sections advisory group to Atomic Energy Commission, since 1951. Fellow American Physical Society, London, Dutch, Japanese physical societies.
Member National Academy Science.
Married Jarmila Prasilova, September 7, 1937. Children: Tom I., Susan P., Robert F. Assistant.