Background
Garoff, Thomas Mikael was born on December 15, 1946 in Helsinki, Finland. Son of Nicken Rolf and Aune Katarina (Pulkkinen) Garoff.
Garoff, Thomas Mikael was born on December 15, 1946 in Helsinki, Finland. Son of Nicken Rolf and Aune Katarina (Pulkkinen) Garoff.
General certified education, Svenska Aftonläroverket, Helsinki, 1968; Master of Science, Helsinki U., 1973; Licenciate of Science, Helsinki U., 1977; Doctor in Analytical Chemistry, Åbo Akademi, Turku, Finland, 1987.
Assistant, Viatek Engineering Company, Helsinki, 1966; assistant, State Technology Research Center, Espoo, Finland, 1969; assistant, Bio-chemical Research Foundation, Helsinki, 1972-1973; automatic data processing programmer, Ministry of Defense, Helsinki, 1973-1974; research chemist, Technology U. Helsinki, 1974-1975; research chemist, State Center Laboratory Health, Helsinki, 1975-1976; laboratory chief, Väylä Engineering Company, Vantaa, Finland, 1976-1985; research associate, Neste Oy, Porvoo, Finland, 1985-1989; polypropylene-catalyst project leader, Neste Chemicals, Porvoo, since 1985. Visiting research chemist Technology U. Chalmers, Gothenburg, Sweden, 1977.
Industry officer Finnish military, 1973-1974.
Married Gunilla inger Saxen, May 15, 1972. Children: Ferdinand, Staffan, Lasse.