Background
Anderson, Thomas Patrick was born on October 22, 1934 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Clarence Kenneth and Anne (Moran) Anderson.
Anderson, Thomas Patrick was born on October 22, 1934 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Clarence Kenneth and Anne (Moran) Anderson.
Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, Northwestern University, 1956. Master of Science, Northwestern University, 1958. Doctor of Philosophy, Northwestern University, 1961.
Engineer, Askania Regulator Company, Chicago, 1953-1955; research engineer, Cook Research laboratories, Skokie, Illinois, summer, 1956; research engineer, Agricultural Research Organization Inc., Tullahoma, Tennessee, summers 1958, 59; assistant professor, then associate professor, Northwestern University, 1960-1966; professor mechanic engineering, U. Iowa, 1966-1975; department chairman, U. Iowa, 1966-1970; program manager, Office Systems Integration and Analysis, National Science Foundation, 1974-1975; program manager division intergovernmental science public technical, Office Systems Integration and Analysis, National Science Foundation, 1975-1978; acting director industrial program, Office Systems Integration and Analysis, National Science Foundation, 1976-1978; dean, School Science and engineering, Southern Illinois U., Edwardsville, 1978-1983; professor School Engineering, Southern Illinois U., since 1978. Consultant, associate deputy director interdepartamental energy study Office Science and Technology, 1963-1965.
Fellow Iowa Academy of Sciences. Member American Association of University Professors, American Geophysical Union, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, American Physical Society, American Society Engineering Education, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (Edward F. Obert award 1997), Institute Industrial Engineers, Illinois Academy of Sciences, New York Academy of Sciences, Phi Kappa Phi, Sigma Xi.
Married Elizabeth Ann Toof, July 9, 1960. Children– Patricia, James.