Education
Towle was raised in Dayton, Ohio and graduated Yale university in 1920.
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Thomas Towle
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Towle become an aeronautical engineer for many starting aviation companies. 1921-1922 Dayton-Wright Company
1922-1923 Martin
1923-1924 Aeromarine
1924-1925 Stout Metal Airplane Company
1925-1927 Stout Metal Airplane Division of the Ford Motor Company After disappointing results from the Stout 3-AT, Ford places Towle in charge of the Ford Tri-motor development. 1927 Towle Marine Aircraft - Formed company to build the Towle WC. 1928 Eastman Aircraft Corporation of Detroit - Designed the Eastman East-2 Sea Rover.
1928-1932 Towle Aircraft Company - Reorganized to produce the Towle TA-2 and Towle TA-3 amphibians.
1933 Monocoupe Aircraft Corporation
1933-1935 Lambert Aircraft Towle replaced Clayton Folkerts as chief engineer Designer of Charles Lindbergh"s plane, 1934 Model Doctorate-127 Monocoupe, which hangs in Terminal 1 at Lambert-Saint Louis International Airport.
1939 Grumman
1941 Hudson Carolina Company aircraft division - Hired as chief engineer 1951 Worked for the Church & Dwight company, known for baking soda products.
