Background
Thurman, Sam Wesley was born on November 22, 1961 in Tulsa. Son of Stephen Phelps and Katherine Noreen (Kribbs) Thurman.
Thurman, Sam Wesley was born on November 22, 1961 in Tulsa. Son of Stephen Phelps and Katherine Noreen (Kribbs) Thurman.
Bachelor of Science, Purdue University, 1983; Master of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1985; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Southern California, 1995.
Staff engineer, Draper Laboratory, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1985-1987; member technical staff, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California, 1987-1991; technical manager, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California, since 1991.
First lieutenant United States Army Reserve, since 1987. Member American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (senior), American Astronomical Society, Tau Beta Pi, Sigma Gamma Tau.
Married Lisa Gail Nolan, October 4, 1987.