Alumnus endows Engineering professorship:
Thomas E. Golden, '51E B.E. (with Highest Honors), '52 M.Eng,
has endowed a Thomas E. Golden Professorship in Engineering.
The announcement was made Oct. 30 by D. Allan Bromley, Sterling
Professor of the Sciences and the former Dean of Engineering, at a
reception in Luce Hall attended by President Richard Levin,
Provost Alison Richard, Deputy Provost for Science and Technology
Pierre Hohenberg and Engineering and other faculty and guests.
After graduation from Yale, Mr. Golden served with the Corps of
Engineers in Alaska as the Resident Engineer during the construction
of the Army Arctic Center and later was Executive Vice President
for a New York Exchange-listed international marine construction
firm. For the past 30 years, he has been President of the Darien-based
Thomas E. Golden Realty Company and its affiliates. He has also
served as an Officer or Director of a number of public and private
companies and has been active in a wide range of community
programs in the Darien area.