Background
Gerlach, Thurlo Thompson was born on October 30, 1916 in Sparta, Illinois, United States. Son of Kenneth Frederick and Golda M. (Thompson) Gerlach.
Gerlach, Thurlo Thompson was born on October 30, 1916 in Sparta, Illinois, United States. Son of Kenneth Frederick and Golda M. (Thompson) Gerlach.
Bachelor of Electrical Engineering, Tri-State University, 1937; graduate, Air Force Command and Staff, 1952.
District engineer, Illinois Power Company, Centralia, 1937-1940; area engineer, Illinois Power Company, Sparta, 1940-1941; area engineer, Illinois Power Company, Granite City, Illinois, 1946-1948; engineer, United States Bureau Standards, Washington, 1948-1950; engineer, Federal Power Commission, Washington, 1953-1956; engineer, bureau of Reclamation, Billings, Montana, 1950-1951, 56-77; consultant, Billings, since 1977. Delegate heavy engineer construction program Citizen Amb. Program, Peoples Republic of China, 1990, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics, 1991, Panama, 1996.
Active People to People International, Kansas City, Missouri, since 1989. Major United States Air Force, 1941-1946, 51-53. Member National Society of Professional Engineers, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, United States Committee Large Dams, Elks, Masons.
Married Ellen Marie Kuhn, July 14, 1946 (deceased November 24, 2004).