Background
Bechtel, Thomas Frank was born on June 5, 1936 in Easton, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Frank Albert and Helen Bertha (Ricketts) Bechtel.
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Bechtel, Thomas Frank was born on June 5, 1936 in Easton, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Frank Albert and Helen Bertha (Ricketts) Bechtel.
Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, Lehigh University, 1958. Master of Science in Applied Mechanics, University Cincinnati, 1960.
Design engineer, General Electric Aircraft Engines, Cincinnati, 1958-1960;
Research and Development engineer, General Electric Aerospace, Philadelphia, 1960-1970;
design manager, General Electric Power Systems, Greenville, South Carolina., 1970-1973;
design manager, General Electric Power Systems, Schenectady, New York, 1973-1977;
vice president engineering, Envirotech. Corporation, Lebanon, Pennsylvania, 1977-1980;
vice president operations, Envirotech. Corporation, Lebanon, 1980-1981;
vice president engineering, technical, General Electric Environmental, Lebanon, 1981-1986;
associate director, unites states department Energy Morgantown Energy Technology Center, Morgantown, W. Virginia, 1986-1990;
director, unites states department Energy METC, Morgantown, 1990-1996;
Chairman of the Board, Thermo Chem Inc., Columbia, Maryland., since 1997.
Member state educational advisory board W. Virginia Department Education, Charleston, 1995-1996.
Vice chairman of board Good Samaritan Hospital, Lebanon, Pennsylvania, 1979-1994. Engineering visiting committee West Virginia University, Morgantown, since 1990. Board directors United Way, Morgantown, 1991-1996.
Member West Virginia Science and Technology ADv. Council, since 1996. Captain United States Army, 1960-1961. Member American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Elks.
Married Dolores Jane Mills, June 14, 1958. Children: Deborah Bechtel Blackwell, Lisa, Janice.