Background
Harton, Thomas Gordon was born on April 12, 1909 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Horace Decatur and Alice Vera (Yarbrough) Harton.
Harton, Thomas Gordon was born on April 12, 1909 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Horace Decatur and Alice Vera (Yarbrough) Harton.
Bachelor of Science, Civil Engineering, University Tennessee, 1933.
Commissioned major C.E., United States Army, 1947; advanced through grades to colonel, United States Army, 1958; retired, United States Army, 1964; with, Tennessee Valley Authority, Knoxville, 1933-1941, 46; principal engineer, United States Bureau Reclamation, Washington, 1946-1947; director planning division, office water and air resources, Department Natural and Economics Resources North Carolina, Raleigh, 1964-1975; retired, Department Natural and Economics Resources North Carolina, 1975. Consultant in field.
Alternate member Ohio River Basin Commission, 1971-1974, Southeast Basins Inter-Agency Committee, 1967-1974. Fellow American Society of Civil Engineers (life). Member Society of America Military Engineers, American Society Photogrammetry (life), Paul Harris Fellow, Phi Kappa Phi, Tau Beta Pi, Sigma Phi Epsilon, Eastman Rotary (past president).
Married Eddie Ruth Horton, April 25, 1942 (divorced 1949). 1 child, Thomas Dean. Married Margaret Isabelle Burch, June 22, 1960.