Background
Burson, Thomas Daniel was born on January 7, 1936 in Hartselle, Alabama, United States. Son of Daniel Webster and Ardia (Starks) Burson.
Burson, Thomas Daniel was born on January 7, 1936 in Hartselle, Alabama, United States. Son of Daniel Webster and Ardia (Starks) Burson.
BME with high honor, Auburn University, Alabama, 1958. Master of Business Administration, University Southern California, 1969.
Assistant manager contract administration, Hycon Company, Monrovia, California, 1961-1963; manager customer contracts, Hycon Company, Monrovia, California, 1963-1966; assistant to president, Hycon Company, Monrovia, California, 1966-1967; director marketing, Hycon Company, Monrovia, California, 1967-1971; vice president, Hycon Company, Monrovia, California, 1969-1971; director contracts and pricing Actron Division, McDonnell Douglas Corporation, Monrovia, 1971-1976; vice president fiscal management, McDonnell Douglas Corporation, Monrovia, 1976-1979; vice president, general manager, McDonnell Douglas Corporation, Monrovia, 1979-1983; vice president operations, McDonnell Douglas Astronautics Company, Huntington Beach, California, 1983-1984; vice president fiscal management, McDonnell Douglas Astronautics Company, Huntington Beach, California, 1984-1987; vice president, deputy general manager, McDonnell Douglas Astronautics Company, Huntington Beach, California, 1987-1988; vice president, general manager Space Transportation Division, McDonnell Douglas Astronautics Company, Huntington Beach, California, 1989-1996; retired, 1996.
Member American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (George M. Low Space Transportation award 1996), American Society of Mechanical Engineers, National Contract Management Association, Phi Kappa Phi, Tau Beta Pi, Pi Tau Sigma, Beta Gamma Sigma, Kappa Alpha.
Married Mary Frances Wilson, June 7, 1958. Children: Kelly Frances, Robyn Elizabeth, Thomas Scott.