Thomas O. Bales Jr.
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Thomas O. Bales Jr. | |
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| Born | 1948 Honolulu, HI |
| Died | October 12, 2023 Massachusetts |
| Citizenship | United States |
| Occupation(s) | Serial entrepreneur and inventor |
| Known for | Co-founder of Symbiosis Corp. and Syntheon LLC |
| Spouse | Constance Ryan |
| Children | William Bales Maxwell Bales Gregory Bales |
| Parent(s) | Lt. Col. (Ret.)Thomas O. Bales Sr. Julia Lurleyne Fulghum |
Thomas O. Bales Jr. was an American Entrepreneur and Inventor and was the co-founder of Symbiosis Corp.,Syntheon LLC, both medical device companies and EAC an aerospace company.
Early life and education
Tom Bales was born in Honolulu, Hawaii and spent his childhood in Pensacola, Florida[1] He is the son of Lieutenant Colonel Thomas O. Bales Sr. a Marine Corp. fighter pilot. and Julia (née Fulghum). He is a graduate of Massachusetts Institute of Technology with a major in Mechanical Engineering.[2]
Career
Tom Bales began his engineering career with medical device Company Cordis Corporation (Later acquired by Johnson and Johnson) He left Cordis to help form Cordis Spinoff Theratek International.[3] In 1988 Tom Left Theratek to branch out on his own and start Symbiosis Corp. with Kevin Smith.[4] After selling Symbiosis to American Home Products Corp. (Now Wyeth Division of Pfizer) for $175,000,000 he remained on staff for 4 years as Chief Technology Officer before leaving to start Environmental Aeroscience Corp (EAC) and Syntheon LLC.[5]
Tom holds 213 US Patents in the fields of Medical Devices, Material Science, Electronics and Propulsion.[6]
Tom was the Chief Scientist for the Energetic Ray Global Observatory (ERGO)Project,[7][8]
Tom was the President of the Symbiosis Foundation
Tom was board chair for Ukulele Kids Club https://theukc.org/our-story/
Tom is the author of The Timescope, an historical science fiction short story about Leonardo da Vinci's travels in America during World War II (ISBN 979-8-3507-1120-2)
Personal life
Tom Bales was married to Constance Ryan. They have 3 sons - William Bales, Maxwell Bales and Gregory Bales [1]
References
- ^ a b The Wall Street Journal - Friday March 15 2009 "Views, Palms, Pets and Robots"
- ^ MIT News Office - Portraits of MIT related Companies [dead link]
- ^ Journal of Biomedical Engineering - 1991 Vol. 13 Sept. pg. 391
- ^ New Miami July 1991 "Symbiosis - Miami's hottest manufacturer takes surgery to the cutting edge"
- ^ Bloomberg Business Week - Syntheon Corporate Overview
- ^ USPTO Inventor Bales-Tom [dead link]
- ^ Energetic Ray Global Observatory
- ^ Metro Web April 27, 2013 - "From Calabria to Space via the web"