Background
Johnston, Thomas Matkins was born on December 8, 1921 in Okmulgee, Oklahoma, United States. Son of Alexander and Lillian Grace (Matkins) Johnston.
Johnston, Thomas Matkins was born on December 8, 1921 in Okmulgee, Oklahoma, United States. Son of Alexander and Lillian Grace (Matkins) Johnston.
Bachelor of Science, United States Military Academy, 1943. Master of Engineering, New York University, New York City, 1949. Postgraduate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1960.
Major Civil Engineering, United States Army, 1943—1958. Instructor mathematics United States Military Academy, West Point, New York, 1949—1952. Lecturer, 1969—1971; manager system analysis group Radio Corporation of America, Moorestown, New Jersey, 1958—1967.
Manager information system department Raytheon Company, Bedford, Massachusetts, 1967—1971. Chief technical programs division Federal Aviation Administration, Department Transportation, Washington, 1971—1979. Manager air traffic control system Westinghouse Electric Company, Baltimore, 1979—1981.
President Enreal Enterprises, Inc., Mount Vernon, Virginia, 1981—1998.
Fellow: American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member: Operations Research Society.
Married Esther Elizabeth Logan, June 7, 1943. Children: Thomas Garrett, Robert Alexander, Hugh Samuel, Ann Logan.