Background
Dolan, Thomas James was born on July 23, 1939 in Urbana, Illinois, United States. Son of Thomas James and Virginia Bess (Fisher) Dolan.
Dolan, Thomas James was born on July 23, 1939 in Urbana, Illinois, United States. Son of Thomas James and Virginia Bess (Fisher) Dolan.
Student, United States Navy Chemical Warfare Defense School, 1961; Bachelor of Science in Nuclear Engineering, University Illinois, 1961; Master of Science in Nuclear Engineering, University Illinois, 1965; Doctor of Philosophy in Nuclear Engineering, University Illinois, 1970.
Research assistant, University of Illinois, Urbana, 1964-1969;
postdoctoral researcher, International Research and Exchs. Board, Novosibirsk, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics, 1970-1971;
professor department nuclear engineering, U. Missouri, Rolla, 1971-1989;
principal project physicist, Phillips Petroleum Company, Bartlesville, Oklahoma, 1987-1988;
science specialist, Edgerton, Germeshauser, and Greer Idaho, Idaho Falls, 1988-1989;
principal scientist, Edgerton, Germeshauser, and Greer Idaho, Idaho Falls, 1989-1994;
principal scientist, Lockhead Martin Idaho Technologies, 1994-1995;
head physics section, International Atomic Energy Organisation, since 1995. Consultant Phillips Petroleum Company, Bartlesville, 1981-1987.
Program co-chairNuclear Technology for Space Exploration Conference, Jackson, Wyoming, 1992.
Lieutenant United States Navy, 1961-1963. Member NSPE, American Nuclear Society (secretary Idaho chapter 1991-1992), American Physical Society (lifetime), American Society Engineering Education, Tau Beta Pi.
Married Charlotte Louise Baker, December 23, 1966. Children: Zak Edward, Dan Hennessy, Meg Eileen.