Thomas Gaynor Blake

Background

Blake, Thomas Gaynor was born on September 24, 1917 in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. Son of Robert Edwin and Dorothy (Gaynor) Blake.

Education

Student, Princeton University, 1935—1938. Bachelor, Central Methodist College, Fayette, Missouri, 1940. Postgraduate, Washington University, St. Louis, 1944.

Career

Project engineer explosives division Olin Mathieson Chemical Corporation, East Alton, Illinois, 1941—1948, head explosives chemical section, 1948—1954, director Research and Development explosives division, 1954—1956. Assistant director Research and Development armament division Universal Match Corporation, Ferguson, 1956—1958. President Hanley Industries Inc., St. Louis, since 1958, director research, since 1958.

Achievements

• Thomas Gaynor Blake has been listed as a noteworthy chemist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American Defense Preparedness Association (life), Archeological Institute American, Am.Soc. Industrial Security, American Museum Natural History, National Trust History Preservation, Missouri State History Society, Smithsonian Institute, Walnut Council Congregationalist.

Connections

Married Jane Elizabeth Spore, May 2, 1942. Children: Dorothy Gaynor, Thomas Gaynor.

Father:

Robert Edwin Blake

Mother:

Dorothy (Gaynor) Blake

Spouse:

Jane Elizabeth Spore

child:

Thomas Gaynor Blake

child:

Dorothy Gaynor Blake