Towle was raised in Dayton, Ohio and graduated from Yale University in 1920. Towle become an aeronautical engineer for many starting aviation companies.^[2]

1921-1922 Dayton-Wright Company
1922-1923 Martin
1923-1924 Aeromarine
1924-1925 Stout Metal Airplane Co
1925-1927 Stout Metal Airplane Division of the Ford Motor Company After disappointing results from the Stout 3-AT, Ford places Towle in charge of the Ford Tri-motor development.^[3]
1927 Towle Marine Aircraft - Formed company to build the Towle WC.
1928 Eastman Aircraft Corporation of Detroit - Designed the Eastman E-2 Sea Rover.
1928-1932 Towle Aircraft Company - Reorganized to produce the Towle TA-2 and Towle TA-3 amphibians.
1933 Monocoupe Aircraft Corporation
1933-1935 Lambert Aircraft Towle replaced Clayton Folkerts as chief engineer. Designer of Charles Lindbergh's plane, 1934 Model D-127 Monocoupe, which hangs in Terminal 1 at Lambert-St. Louis International Airport.^[4]^[5]
1939 Grumman^[6]
1941 Hudson Car Company aircraft division - Hired as chief engineer.^[7]
1951 Worked for the Church & Dwight company, known for baking soda products.^[8]

Tom Towle
Born	Tom Towle 1887 Dayton, Ohio
Died	1983 Miami, Florida
Resting place	Dayton, Ohio
Alma mater	Yale University
Children	Austin, Tom, Ted

Early life

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