Thomas Fulton Cummings

Background

Cummings, Thomas Fulton was born on October 25, 1925 in Taxila, Punjab, India. Son of James B. and Dorothy (Holliday) Cummings.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1947; Master of Science in Chemistry, Case Western Reserve U., 1952; Doctor of Philosophy in Chemistry, Case Western Reserve U., 1955.

Career

Chemical engineer, Carnegie Illinois Steel, Pittsburgh, 1947-1948; chemical engineer, Benjamin Franklin Goodrich, Brecksville, Ohio., 1948-1949; assistant professor, Westminster, New Wilmington, Pennsylvania, 1952-1955; assistant professor to professor, Bradley U., Peoria, Illinois, since 1955. Consultant Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, Peoria, Springfield, Illinois, since 1972, Lubrizol, Cleveland, 1983, Illinois Center for Research on Sulfur in Coal, Illinois, since 1980.

Achievements

• Thomas Fulton Cummings has been listed as a noteworthy Chemistry educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

With United States Navy, 1944-1946. Fellow American Science Affiliation. Member American Chemical Society.

Interests

• Avocations: sailing, reading, traveling.

Connections

Married Mary Stewart, September 4, 1948. Children: James B., Kathryn A., Rebecca C., R. Harris.

Father:

James B. Cummings

Mother:

Dorothy (Holliday) Cummings

Spouse:

Mary Stewart

child:

Rebecca C. Cummings

child:

Kathryn A. Cummings

child:

R. Harris Cummings

child:

James B. Cummings