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Name Thomas N. Barnum
Prefers Tom
Alt. Name n/a
Marital Status Married
Spouse Marsha
Grad. Date June 1961
Occupation Information Technology Project Manager
Lockheed Martin Aeronautics
Marietta, GA
Address 5307 Elsie Lane
Mableton, GA 30126
E-mail [email protected]
Telephone 770-494-2386 (W)
770-941-8382 (H)
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Biographical Information

Career:

I graduated from Michigan State University in 1966 with a BS in Police Administration. I was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the U. S. Air Force in 1967 and served 10 years on active duty. Assignments included tours at Kincheloe AFB, Michigan; U-Tapao, Thailand; Robins AFB, Georgia; and Strategic Air Command Headquarters in Omaha Nebraska. During my active duty time I was responsible for the maintenance of B-52 bombers and KC-135 air refueling tankers.

I left active duty in 1978 to pursue a career in the aerospace and defense industry. I worked for General Dynamics in San Diego, California, for three years on the Tomahawk cruise missile program. I moved to the Atlanta, Georgia, area in 1981 to work for the Lockheed Georgia Company (now Lockheed Martin Aeronautics). I worked on C-5 and C-130 cargo aircraft programs as a Maintainability Engineer and later on the F-22 and F-35 fighter programs in the Information Technology field. I'm currently the manager of a large software development project that is used worldwide on Lockheed Martin aircraft programs.

I retired from the U. S. Air Force Reserve in 1989 as a Lieutenant Colonel. My military decorations include the Bronze Star, three U. S. Air Force Commendation Medals, and the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal.

Personal:

Married Paula Serdynsky in 1965. We have three children - Carloe (33), Jennifer (30), and Johnathan (26). We were divorced in 1981. Married Marsha Snider in 1984. Marsha has two children - Brian (30) and Krista (22). All five of our children are married and we have a total of nine grandchildren.

Marsha and I enjoy traveling and we've vacationed several times in the Bahamas and Hawaii. We celebrated her 50th birthday with a two-week trip to England. We're actively involved in our church and I've served on the board of several independent ministries.

Work, church service, children/grandchildren and now retirement planning haven't left a lot of extra time for hobbies, but I have done some collaboration with a cousin on our families genealogy. Knowing that history gave me the opportunity while we were in England to stand in the same church where my ancestors worshiped over 500 years ago. That was an awesome experience! I hope to do more genealogical research after I retire in addition to rekindling my interests in tennis and fishing. I've also recently acquired an interest in target shooting.

We're planning to retire in early 2004 (Marsha works for Delta Air Lines) and move to west central Florida near Crystal River.

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