Background
Jones, Thornton Keith was born on December 17, 1923 in Brawley, California, United States. Son of Alfred George and Madge Jones.
Jones, Thornton Keith was born on December 17, 1923 in Brawley, California, United States. Son of Alfred George and Madge Jones.
Bachelor of Science, University of California, Berkeley, 1949; postgraduate, University of California, Berkeley, 1951-1952.
Research chemist, Griffin Chemical Company, Richmond, California, 1949-1955; western product development and improvement manager, Nopco Chemical Company, Richmond, California, 1955; research chemist, Chevron Research Company, Richmond, 1956-1965; research chemist in special products research and development, Chevron Research Company, Richmond, 1965-1982; product quality manager, Chevron United States of America, Inc., San Francisco, 1982-1987; retired, Chevron United States of America, Inc., San Francisco.
Volunteer fireman and officer, Terra Linda, California, 1957-1964. Member of advisory committee Terra Linda Dixie Elementary School District, 1960-1964. Served with Signal corpus, United States army, 1943-1946.
Member American Chemical Society, Forest Products Research Society, American Wood Preservers Association, Alpha Chi Sigma.
Married Evalee Vestal, July 4, 1965. Children: Brian Keith, Donna Eileen.
