Thomas Dale White

Background

White, Thomas Dale was born on February 20, 1941 in Tallulah, Louisiana, United States. Son of Herbert Cole and Kate Thomas (Payne) White.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering, Mississippi State University, 1964; Master of Science in Engineering Mechanics, Mississippi State University, 1971; Doctor of Philosophy in Soil Mechanics, Purdue University, 1981.

Career

Design engineer, Varco Steel Company, Pine Bluff, Arkansas, 1964-1965; civil engineer pavement materials research facility, United States Army Engineers Waterways Experiment Station, Vicksburg, Mississippi, 1965-1974; chief pavement materials research facility, United States Army Engineers Waterways Experiment Station, Vicksburg, Mississippi, 1974-1980; chief pavement systems division, United States Army Engineers Waterways Experiment Station, Vicksburg, Mississippi, 1982-1984; regional director, Chem-Crete Corporation, Vicksburg, 1980-1982; associate professor, then professor, School Civil Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, since 1984. Consultant professional and governmental organizations including Heritage Research Group, Indianapolis, 1985, Federal Housing Administration, Washington, 1985, 88, Iowa Department Transportation, 1986-1988, Tex.Rsch. and Development Foundation, Austin, since 1987, others. Presenter, lecturer professional conferences and seminars, since 1976.

Member of advisory board Highway Extension and Research Project, Indiana Counties and Cities, since 1984. Instructor advisory pavement design University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1990.

Achievements

• Thomas Dale White has been listed as a noteworthy Civil engineering educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow Indiana Asphalt Pavement Association. Member American Society for Testing and Materials (member various committees), American Society of Civil Engineers (chairman research and development committee materials engineering division since 1989, Chairman.organizing committee for 1992 materials congress), NAS (transportation research board), American Association State Highway and Transportation Officials (member strategic highway Research.program advising committee on long-term pavement performance 1985-1986), Association Asphalt Paving Technologists (director-at-large 1989-1992), American Concrete Institute, Tau Beta Pi.

Interests

• Avocations: camping, fishing, skiing.

Connections

Married Doris Faye Redditt, August 26, 1960. Children: Stephanie, Laurie, Thomas, Scott.

Father:

Herbert Cole White

Mother:

Kate Thomas (Payne) White

Spouse:

Doris Faye Redditt

child:

Stephanie White

child:

Laurie White

child:

Thomas White

child:

Scott White