Background
Goodgame, Thomas Harper was born on May 23, 1921 in Camden, Arkansas, United States. Son of J. Hamilton and Ruby Ector (Harper) Goodgame.
Goodgame, Thomas Harper was born on May 23, 1921 in Camden, Arkansas, United States. Son of J. Hamilton and Ruby Ector (Harper) Goodgame.
Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering, Louisiana Technology University, Ruston, 1942. Master of Science in Chemical Engineering, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, 1947. Doctor of Science in Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1953.
Reduction plant engineer, Aluminum Company American, Jones Mills, Arkansas, 1942-1943;
assistant professor of chemistry and mechanic engineering, Louisiana Technology U., Ruston, 1947-1949;
research and engineering group leader, Cabot Corporation, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1953-1955;
director research and engineering, Texas Butadiene & Chemical Corporation, Channelview, Texas, 1955-1957;
associate professor chemical engineering department, Georgia Institute Technology, Atlanta, 1957-1959;
senior project engineer, Cabot Corporation, Cambridge, 1959-1962;
general manager, Cabot Titania Corporation, Ashtabula, Ohio., 1962-1964;
manager, director engineering research, Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, Michigan, 1964-1969;
director environmental control, Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, Michigan, 1969-1984;
president, chief Executive officer, Environmental & Chemical Cons. Engineers, Inc., Alamogordo, New Mexico, since 1984. Member industrial hazardous waste advisory panel United States Office Technology Assessment, Washington, 1980-1982.
Member of national air pollution control technical advising committee United States Environmental Protection Agency, Raleigh and Durham, North Carolina, 1982-1986. Advisor Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, St. Paul, 1979-1983. Member industrial resource reduction and waste reduction task force Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, Columbua, 1981-1984, member hazardousmaterials management advisory panel, 1981-1984.
Advisor United States Environmental Protection Agency Effluent Guidelines Division, 1975-1982, unites states department Commerce Project on Environmental Costs, 1978.
Member Alamogordo (New Mexico) Library. Board, 1990; board of trustees Planned Parenthood Southern New Mexico, Las Cruces, since 1986. Captain United States Navy, 1943-1946, PTO. Fellow American Institute Chemical Engineers (director 1979-1981, government programs steering committee 1979-1984, environmental award 1978).
Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Academy Environmental Engineers (engineering education committee since 1983, American Chemical Society (congressional science counselor to the United States Republican 4th Michigan district 1984), Sigma Xi (director at large 1974-1980), Tau Beta Pi, Alpha Chi Sigma.
Married Elizabeth Bevan Marshall, January 12, 1946. 1 child, Thomas Harper Junior.