Background
Proffitt, Thomas Jefferson was born on December 23, 1932 in Columbia, Virginia, United States. Son of Thomas Jefferson and Grace Evangeline (Beard) Proffitt.
Proffitt, Thomas Jefferson was born on December 23, 1932 in Columbia, Virginia, United States. Son of Thomas Jefferson and Grace Evangeline (Beard) Proffitt.
Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, Virginia Technology, 1955.
Chemist, E.I. duPont de Nemours & Company, Kinston, North Carolina, 1955-1956, 58-62; research chemist, E.I. duPont de Nemours & Company, Kinston, North Carolina, 1962-1972; senior research chemist, E.I. duPont de Nemours & Company, Kinston, North Carolina, 1972-1988; research associate, E.I. duPont de Nemours & Company, Kinston, North Carolina, 1988-1992; senior research associate, E.I. duPont de Nemours & Company, Kinston, North Carolina, 1992-1993; retired, 1993.
With United States Army, 1956-1958. Member American Chemical Society, American Oil Chemists Society, Lions (secretary Kinston Host 1987-1988, president 1989-1990, district secretary-treasurer 1988-1989), Sigma Xi.
Married Minnie ArlenaHill, December 29, 1956. Children: Kristi Denise, Thomas Jefferson III.