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.
Thomas O. Bales Jr. | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1948 Honolulu, Hawaii, United States |
| Died | October 12, 2023 Massachusetts |
| 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 |
Early life and education
editTom 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
editTom 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
editTom Bales was married to Constance Ryan. They have 3 sons - William Bales, Maxwell Bales and Gregory Bales [1]
References
edit- ^ 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"