Thomas P. Rona
Male, Person
1923 –
Who is Thomas P. Rona?
Thomas P. Rona was a 1980s era science advisor to the Defense Department and the White House under Presidents Reagan and Bush.
Born in Budapest, Hungary, Rona graduated from Ecole Superieure d'Electricite; and Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He received his license certificate in physical electronics at the Sorbonne in 1946. The author of several books and articles with his best known probably being Our Changing Geo-Political Premises published in 1982. Dr. Rona is also credited by some with coining the term of Information War or warfare which he used in a report entitled "Weapon Systems and Information War" delivered to Boeing in 1976. He worked in Seattle, Washington for the Boeing Company from 1959 to 1984.
During the 1980s, Dr. Rona held various posts in the Executive Branch to include Special Assistant for Space Policy at the Department of Defense, 1984 to 1986 and Assistant Director for Government Programs in the Office of Science and Technology Policy at the White House, 1986 to 1987. On June 16, 1987, President Ronald Reagan announced Rona's nomination as Associate Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy.
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- Born
- 1923
- Also known as
- Thomas Rona
- Education
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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on July 23, 2013
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