Misc photo seeking info on who, when & where?

Text with the photo says;

Dr Robert J Thomas

Retired; BTC (1934) Loewell Textile Institute; MS (1937), PhD (1939) University of Notre Dame; Textile Chemist (1934-36) The Apponang Company; supervisor dye application studies (1939-1977), E I du Pont de Nemours & Company, Inc; currently adjunct professor of textiles, Clemson University; consultant in textile dyeing; widely published in textile journals; American Dyestuff Reporter award, outstanding paper of the year (1951); lectured in United States and Canada.