Johnson, Thomas H. (Thomas Hawkins), 1943-1990.

Colonel, United States Army; director, Science Research Laboratory, United States Military Academy, 1980-1990; executive director, White House Science Council, 1981-1983.

From the description of Thomas H. Johnson papers, 1963-1990. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754872391

Biographical Note

• 1943 November 11: Born, Massachusetts
• 1965: Graduated from U.S. Military Academy, West Point, and commissioned as a second lieutenant
• 1968: MS in Physics, University of California, Davis
• 1974: PhD in Applied Physics, University of California, Davis
• 1974 - 1976 : Chief, physics section, Weapons Laboratory, Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico
• 1975: Permanent professor, U.S. Military Academy, West Point, New York
• 1977 - 1980 : Returned to U.S. Military Academy, West Point, New York, and taught in Department of English
• 1980: Director, Science Research Laboratory, U.S. Military Academy, West Point, New York
• 1981 - 1982 : Deputy to the president's science advisor and deputy director, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
• 1981 - 1983 : Executive director, White House Science Council
• 1982: Associate Dean, academic research, U.S. Military Academy, West Point, New York
• 1990: Awarded Legion of Merit, Member, International Board of Editors, Science and Global Security
• 1990 June 26: Died, Washington, D.C.
• 1990 Fall: Poems, Sewanee Review. Posthumously published and dedicated to his memory

From the guide to the Thomas H. (Thomas Hawkins) Johnson Papers, 1963-1990, (Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace)