Background
Durek, Thomas Andrew was born on July 1, 1929 in Sharpsville, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Joseph Adam and Helen Barbara (Ondish) Durek.
Durek, Thomas Andrew was born on July 1, 1929 in Sharpsville, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Joseph Adam and Helen Barbara (Ondish) Durek.
Bachelor, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, 1953. Master of Arts, Baylor University, 1957;Master of Science, Stanford University, 1959. Management scientist United States Air Force, Pentagon, Washington, 1959-1965.
Project engineer North American Rockwell Corporation, Washington, 1965-1968;systems engineer Thompson Ramo Wooldridge, Incorporated., Washington, 1968-1981, facility manager, Patuxant, Maryland., 1981-1982, project manager, Washington, 1982-1986.
Project manager, principal member technical staff Software Productivity Consortium, Herndon, Virginia, 1986-1989. Senior technical staff, software technologist Systems Integration Group Thompson Ramo Wooldridge Incorporated., Fairfax, Virginia, 1989-1992.
Founder, principal TAD Associations, Bethesda, Maryland., 1992, personal investment software developer. Professorial lecturer George Washington University, 1960-1966, George Mason University, 1991.
Chair software reusability conference National Institute for Software Quality and Productivity, 1989-1991, member of advisory board, 1991-1996, chair information systems engineering.for downsizing conference, 1993.
Speaker in field of software reuse and productivity.
Management scientist United States Air Force, Pentagon, Washington, 1959-1965. Project engineer North American Rockwell Corporation, Washington, 1965-1968. Systems engineer TRW, Inc., 1968-1981, facility manager Patuxant, Maryland, 1981-1982, project manager Washington, 1982-1986.
Project manager, principal member technical staff Software Productivity Consortium, Herndon, Virginia, 1986-1989. Senior technical staff, software technologist Systems Integration Group TRW, Inc., Fairfax, 1989-1992. Founder, principal TAD Associates, Bethesda, Maryland, since 1992.
Personal investment software developer. Professorial lecturer George Washington University, 1960-1966, George Mason University, 1991. Chair software reusability conference National Institute for Software Quality and Productivity, 1989-1991, member advisory board, 1991-1996, chair information systems engineering for downsizing conference, 1993.
Speaker in field of software reuse and productivity.
Member parish council Church of St. Stephen Martyr, Washington, 1970-1978, president 1975-1978, liturgical minister, 1973-1987, member pastoral council Shrine Most Blessed Sacrament, Washington, member continuing education committee, 1993-1996. Established religious education audio-cassette library, 1995-2001. Leader Action in Montgomery, since 2000.
Member senior vital living steering committee Montgomery County, Maryland, since 2000. President Archdiocese Washington Post Cana, since 2006. With United States Air Force, 1953-1965.
To colonel United States Air Force Reserve, retired, 1984. Member of Riverhill Home Owners Association (board directors since 2005, vice president).
Married Phyllis H. Norris, August 1, 1987 (deceased June 2005).