College of Engineering (Thomas)

The Richard Greenwood Thomas Engineering Scholarship Endowment was established in December 19, 1994. It was created by Alice Taylor Thomas in memory of her husband, Mr. Thomas. Mr. Thomas was an alumnus of NC State, graduating in 1936 with a bachelor’s degree in Physics. He was a member of the ROTC at NC State. Mr. Thomas was made Commander of Civilian Conservation Corp., which was a government sponsored program to give employment to young men who had dropped out of school at an early age. After this, Mr. Thomas joined the Army. He was sent to the South Pacific to fight in WWII in 1942. When he returned, he was assigned to the Guided Missiles Course and spent the remainder of his career in long range planning and execution of space travel and guided missiles.