Background
Thiel, Thomas Joseph was born on December 31, 1928 in Upper Sandusky, Ohio, United States. Son of Otto Peter and Lillian Susan (Orians) Thiel.
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Thomas Joseph Thiel
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Thomas Joseph Thiel, American information scientist, consultant. Achievements include research in the application of optical disk, compact disk read only memory and multimedia systems to office technical and scientific information management and dissemination, and in water movement in agricultural fields.
Education
Bachelor of Science, Ohio State University, 1956. Master of Science, Ohio State University, 1959.
Career
Research scientist, USDA, Columbus, Ohio., 1957-1963; research administrator, USDA, St. Paul, Minnesota, 1963-1972; research administrator, USDA, Peoria, Illinois, 1972-1984; division manager, Advanced Systems Development, Alexandria, Virginia, 1984-1991; president, Information and Image Management Technologies, Alexandria, since 1991. Consultant Office of Secretary of Defense, United States Army, United States Navy, 1984-1993, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Mons, Belgium, 1988, Institute De La Vie, Washington and Paris, 1991. Director laboratory unites states department Defense.
Achievements
Membership
Sergeant United States Army, 1950-1952, Korea, 1992-1993. Fellow Soil and Water Conservation Society (life, board directors 1981-1984, technical transfer futures task force since 1993), American Society Agronomy (certified, emeritus), Soil Science Society of America (emeritus), Association for Information and Image Management (co-chair Civil Defense-ROM task force since 1990, chair electronic image management SIG 1991-1992, chair emerging technical advisory group 1992-1993), Society for Applied Learning Technology.
Connections
Married Alice Ellen Miller, June 18, 1955 (divorced December 1982). Children: Susan Marie Schworer, Christine Ellen, Joseph Allen, John Andrew. Married Jean Karen Singer, March 9, 1984.
