Vita Brevis

• 1975 B.S. (honors) Chemistry, Stanford University
• 1975 M.S., Computer Science / Computer Engineering, Stanford University
• 1980 Ph.D., Computer Science, Carnegie-Mellon University
• 1979-86 Assistant Professor, EECS, UC Berkeley
• 1983 married Barbara Borske
• 1983 Barbara and I transformed our surnames by "gene-swapping": Thompson+Borske = Thomborson (but not Thomborsonske, nor Borthomp ;-)
• 1986-94 Professor, CS, U Minnesota-Duluth
• 1992-3 Visiting Professor, EECS, MIT
• 1995 Principal Programmer, LaserMaster Corp of Minnesota (USA)
• 1996-2020 Professor, CS, U of Auckland (Aotearoa New Zealand)
• 2020- Hon. Professor, CS, U of Auckland