Thornton Arnold Wilson

Background

Wilson, Thornton Arnold was born on February 8, 1921 in Sikeston, Missouri, United States. Son of Thornton Arnold and Daffodil (Allen) Wilson.

Education

Student, Jefferson City ) Junior College, Missouri, 1940. Bachelor of Science, Iowa State College, 1943. Master of Science, California Institute of Technology, 1948.

Master of Science Sloan fellow, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1953.

Career

With, Boeing Company, Seattle, since 1943; assistant chief technical staff, project engineering manager, Boeing Company, Seattle, 1957-1958; vice president, manager Minuteman branch aerospace division, Boeing Company, Seattle, 1963-1964; vice president operations and planning, Boeing Company, Seattle, 1964-1966; executive vice president, director, Boeing Company, Seattle, 1966-1968; president, Boeing Company, Seattle, 1968-1972; chief Executive officer, Boeing Company, Seattle, 1969-1986; Chairman of the Board, Boeing Company, Seattle, 1972-1988; chairman emeritus, Boeing Company, Seattle, since 1988. Director PACCAR, Inc., Weyerhaeuser Company, United States. Steel Tower Corporation, Hewlett Packard, Inc.

Achievements

• Thornton Arnold Wilson has been listed as a noteworthy aerospace company executive by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Board governors Iowa State University Foundation. Trustee Seattle University. Member corporation Massachusetts Institute of Technology, National Academy Engineering.

Fellow American Institute Aeronautics and Astronautics.

Connections

Married Grace Miller, August 5, 1944. Children: Thornton Arnold III, Daniel Allen, Sarah Louise Wilson Anderson.

Father:

Thornton Arnold Wilson

Mother:

Daffodil (Allen) Wilson

Spouse:

Grace Miller

child:

Thornton Arnold III Wilson

child:

Daniel Allen Wilson

child:

Sarah Louise Wilson Anderson Wilson