Open AccessHarold A. Thomas Jr. (1913–2002)
Author(s) -
Matalas Nicholas C.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
eos, transactions american geophysical union
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2003eo130007
Subject(s) - bachelor , position (finance) , management , sociology , library science , gerontology , history , medicine , archaeology , computer science , finance , economics
Harold A. Thomas Jr., of Cotuit, Massachusetts, died on 26 March 2002. He was born in Terre Haute, Indiana, 14 August 1913. Thomas followed his father in a professorial career. He spent his entire academic life at Harvard, where he earned his bachelor's degree in civil engineering in 1935, his master's degree in sanitary engineering in 1937, and his Doctor of Science degree in 1938, whereupon he assumed a teaching position at Harvard. In 1956, he was awarded the chair, Gordon McKay Professor of Civil and Sanitary Engineering. He held the chair until 1984 when he stepped down from his formal faculty position and assumed the professor emeritus title. His research and teaching ranged over the subjects of civil and sanitary engineering, hydrology statistics, economics, system analysis, and demography.