通过为海军服务半个世纪并与海军保持密切联系,汤普森博士对海军武器研究及发展具有深远的影响。在第一次世界大战期间,他在克拉克大学弹道研究所从事海军顾问部的研究工作,开始接触军械。在克拉克,汤普森获得哲学博士学位,之后,他在克拉克教授物理,以后在卡拉马苏学院任教。 By serving the Navy for half a century and keeping close contact with the Navy, Dr. Thompson has had a profound impact on naval weapons research and development. During World War I, he engaged in research at the Naval Advisor Department at the Ballistic Research Institute at Clarke and began his contacts with ordnance. After Clarke, Thompson earned a Ph.D. in Philosophy, he later taught physics at Clarke and later taught at Kalamazoo College.