Thomas Ross Long

Background

Long, Thomas Ross was born on November 6, 1929 in Lexington, Kentucky, United States. Son of Allan C. and Dorothy (Crates) Long.

Education

Bachelor, Ohio Wesleyan University, 1951; Master of Science, Case Institute Technology, 1953; Doctor of Philosophy, Case Institute Technology, 1956.

Career

Research scientist, Bell Telephone laboratories, Murray Hill, New Jersey, 1956-1961; supervisor research, Bell Telephone laboratories, Murray Hill, New Jersey, 1961-1967; head research, Bell Telephone laboratories, Columbus, Ohio., 1967-1977; head research, Bell Telephone laboratories, Atlanta, 1977-1989; retired, Bell Telephone laboratories, Atlanta, 1989; consultant. Consultant Linc Systems, Alpharetta, Georgia, since 1990, Inno, Inc., Atlanta, 1989-1990. Member steering committee Holm Conference on Elec.

Contacts, Chicago, 1968-1977.

Achievements

• Thomas Ross Long has been listed as a noteworthy Consultant, physicist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

President Farmbrook Cmty., Alpharetta, 1990-1993. Trustee Alpharetta First United Methodist Church, since 1993. Member Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (senior).

Member American Institute Physics, Deipnosophistical Society, S.E.U.S.A. DeLorean Owners Association (president since 1989), Phi Beta Kappa, Beta Theta Pi.

Interests

• Avocations: golf, sailplanes, R.C. model airplanes.

Connections

Married Helen Simester, February 2, 1952;children: Thomas Ross III, Lucy Kelsey Beavers, James Simester.

Father:

Allan C. Long

Mother:

Dorothy (Crates) Long

Spouse:

Helen Simester

child:

James Simester Long

child:

Lucy Kelsey Beavers Long

child:

Thomas Ross III Long