Background
Woodruff, Thomas Ellis was born on February 8, 1921 in Stockton, California, United States. Son of Ennis Casselberry and Gracella (Scotford) Woodruff.
electronics consulting executive
Woodruff, Thomas Ellis was born on February 8, 1921 in Stockton, California, United States. Son of Ennis Casselberry and Gracella (Scotford) Woodruff.
Associate of Arts, Stockton Junior College, 1941; Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, 1943.
Engineer, General Electric, Syracuse, New York, 1944-1947;
staff engineer, Hughes Aircraft Company, Culver City, California, 1947-1956;
manager electronics design, Sanders Associations, Nashua, N.H., 1956-1958;
chief engineer preliminary design, Sanders Associations, Nashua, N.H., 1958-1960;
manager special programs division, Sanders Associations, Nashua, N.H., 1960-1962;
corporation director systems, Sanders Associations, Nashua, N.H., 1962-1965;
vice president, general manager corporation systems group, Sanders Associations, Nashua, N.H., 1965-1973;
vice president antisubmarine weapons and communications, Sanders Associations, Nashua, N.H., 1966-1972;
director, Sanders Associations, Nashua, N.H., 1968-1970;
senior director, Sanders Associations, Nashua, N.H., 1970-1976;
vice president general manager ocean systems group, Sanders Associations, Nashua, N.H., 1972-1976;
vice president science and technical, Sanders Associations, Nashua, N.H., 1976-1988;
corporation consultant, Sanders Associations, Nashua, N.H., since 1989;
vice president, Sanders Nuclear Corporation, Nashua, 1966-1971. Member of advisory committee Defense Intelligence Agency, Washington, 1978-1983. Joint advising committee Massachusetts Institute of Technology Lincoln Laboratory, Bedford, Massachusetts, 1988-1989.
Consultant Superconductor Technology, Inc., Santa Barbara, California, since 1988, Oryx, Inc., Paramus, New Jersey, since 1989, Sanders/Lockheed, 1988-1991, retired 1992.
Member Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (senior ).
Married Doris Elaine Walters, January 14, 1947 (divorced August 1962). Children: Mary Ann Woodruff Mahaffy, Patricia Lee. Married Ruth Elizabeth Craik, February 25, 1964.
1 child, Robert Peter. Stepchildren: Gordon Lee Vickers, Barbara Ann Vickers, Mary Jean Vickers.