Background
Weir, William Thomas was born on December 23, 1931 in Wildwood, New Jersey, United States. Son of Willliam Thomas and Mildred Kendall Weir.
Weir, William Thomas was born on December 23, 1931 in Wildwood, New Jersey, United States. Son of Willliam Thomas and Mildred Kendall Weir.
Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, Drexel University, 1954. Master of Science in Physics, Drexel University, 1958. Doctor of Philosophy in Systems Engineering and Operations Research, University Pennsylvania, 1972.
Customer engineer International Business Machines Corporation, 1950—1953. Component engineer Radio Corporation of America, 1954—1957. Professor Drexel University, 1954—2002.
Manager system engineering laboratory General Electric, 1958—1973. President, chairman board directors Evaluation Associates, 1973—1989. Principal engineer PSEG, 1990—1997.
Member United States Science Delaware to People's Republic of China, 1979.
Fellow: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (president reliability society 1993-1994).
Married Sarah McGowan Weir, June 5, 1954. Children: William Thomas, Blair Stephen, Timothy Andrew, James Christopher.