Background
Metcalfe, Tom Brooks was born on February 26, 1920 in Smithville, Texas, United States. Son of Joseph Franklin and Ethel Louise (Taylor) Metcalfe.
Metcalfe, Tom Brooks was born on February 26, 1920 in Smithville, Texas, United States. Son of Joseph Franklin and Ethel Louise (Taylor) Metcalfe.
Bachelor of Science, University Texas, 1941. Master of Science, University Texas, 1947. Doctor of Philosophy, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1953.
Chemist, Dow Chemical Company, Freeport, Texas, 1941-1943;
research scientist, University Texas, 1947-1950;
research engineer, Georgia Institute Technology, 1951-1952;
research engineer, Shell Oil Corporation, Houston, 1952-1962;
assistant professor, U. Houston, 1953-1956;
research professor, U. Houston, 1975;
head department chemical engineering, West Virginia Institute Technology, 1962-1963;
professor, head department chemical engineering, U. Southwestern Louisiana, 1963-1982;
Foundation professor, U. Southwestern Louisiana, 1982-1985;
Adjunct Professor, U. Southwestern Louisiana, since 1985;
visiting professor, University Texas, Austin, 1982. Founder, public Pinehill Public Company. Consultant United States Bureau Public Rds.
Unites states department Interior Office of Saline Water.
President Edgewood Civic Corporation, 1954, 57, 59. Member Houston Mayor's Committee on Zoning, 1958-1960. Chairman board directors University Southwestern Louisiana Wesley Foundation, 1966-1967.
Member official board area Methodist church Lieutenant United States Naval Reserve, 1943-1946, PTO. Fellow American Institute of Chemical Engineers (national chairman academy department heads 1967-1969, 80). Member American Society Engineering Education, Masons, Sigma Xi, Phi Eta Sigma, Omega Chi Epsilon, Phi Lambda Upsilon, Tau Beta Pi.
Married Gwendolyn Imogene Soward, July 3, 1944. Children: Gwendolyn Jean Metcalfe Ellis, Linda Gail Metcalfe Gallup, Marilyn Louise, Carolyn Marguerite Metcalfe Montiel.