John B. Thomas

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John Bowman Thomas
NationalityAmerican
Alma materStanford University Ph.D.
Scientific career
FieldsElectrical engineering
InstitutionsPrinceton University
Doctoral advisorWillis W. Harman
Doctoral studentsVincent Poor
Jack Wolf
Abraham H. Haddad
Dag Tjøstheim
Hisashi Kobayashi
Bob Kahn
Eugene Wong
Oscar C. Au

John Bowman Thomas (July 14, 1925 – September 13, 2018)[1] was a noted American electrical engineer, educator, and a professor at Princeton University. He received his Ph.D. from Stanford University in 1955. He was the adviser of numerous outstanding scientists including Vincent Poor, Jack Wolf, Abraham H. Haddad, Dag Tjøstheim, Hisashi Kobayashi, Bob Kahn, Eugene Wong, and Oscar C. Au.[2] His PhD adviser was Willis W. Harman,[3] a President of IONS.[4]

Notes

  1. ^ "John Bowman Thomas Obituary (2018) San Luis Obispo County Tribune". Legacy.com. Retrieved 2022-08-31.
  2. ^ "Mathematics Genealogy Project (John Bowman Thomas)".
  3. ^ "Mathematics Genealogy Project (Willis W. Harman)".
  4. ^ "President of IONS". Institute of Notice Sciences. Archived from the original on 2016-02-07. Retrieved 2015-09-07.
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