Background
Wilson, Tlhomton Arnold was born on February 8, 1921 in Sikeston."Missouri. Son of Thornton Arnold and Daffodil (née Allen) Wilson.
Wilson, Tlhomton Arnold was born on February 8, 1921 in Sikeston."Missouri. Son of Thornton Arnold and Daffodil (née Allen) Wilson.
Iowa State College, and California Institute of Technology.
Joined Boeing Company, Seattle 1943, Draughtsman on military transport version of B-29, The Boeing Company 1943, worked on B-47 bomber programme, then became Project Engineer for B-52, Assistant Chief Technology Staff, Project Engineering Manager 1957-1958, leader of Boeing’s contribution to Institute Continental Ballistic Missile Program 1960, Vice-President, Manager Minuteman Branch, Aerospace Division 1962-1964, Vice-President and Head of Corporation Headquarters’s Operations and Planning 1964-1966, Executive Vice-President 1966-1968, President, and Chief Executive Officer 1969-1972, President 1972-1986, Chairman 1972-1987, Chief Executive Officer 1972-1986, Honorary Chairman January since 1988. Sloan Fellow Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1952. Fellow, A.I.A.A.
Corporation of Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Board of Govs, of Iowa State University.
Married Grace Miller in 1944.