Professor Emeritus Dick Thornton, maglev innovator and electronics entrepreneur, dies at 93
Richard "Dick" Thornton, an MIT professor emeritus of electrical engineering, died at 93. A longtime electronics educator and founder of two companies (Thornton Associates, focusing on water quality, and MagneMotion, focusing on maglev technology), he was an adventurer and an advocate for career and research flexibility.
Source: mit.edu