Thomas Caywood

Thomas E. Caywood (9 May 1919 – 19 December 2008) was an American computer scientist and cofoundeder of the Operations Research Society of America.

Thomas Caywood
Born(1919-05-09)May 9, 1919
DiedDecember 10, 2008(2008-12-10) (aged 89)
Alma materCornell College
Northwestern University
Harvard University
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics, Computer Science
InstitutionsHarvard University
Academic advisorsGarrett Birkhoff[1]

Caywood first attended Cornell College and then attended Northwestern University. He went on to join the Harvard Systems Research Laboratory.[2] Having gained a PhD on Axially Symmetric Harmonic Functions at Harvard in 1947,[1] Caywood moved to the Institute for Air Weapons Research at the University of Chicago.[2]

In 1965 his name appeared on a list of academics involved with Project Camelot.[3]

He was elected to the 2002 class of Fellows of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences.[4]

References

  1. "Thomas E. Caywood". Mathematics Genealogy Project. North Dakota State University. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
  2. "Thomas E. Caywood". INFORMS. INFORMS. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
  3. Behavioral Sciences and the National Security: Report No. 4, Together With Part IX of the Hearings on Winning the Cold War: The U.S. Ideological Offensive by the Subcommittee on International Organizations and Movements of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, House of Representatives, December 6, 1965
  4. Fellows: Alphabetical List, Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences, retrieved 2019-10-09
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.