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 | May 9, 1919 |
| Died | December 10, 2008 (aged 89) |
| Alma mater | Cornell College Northwestern University Harvard University |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics, Computer Science |
| Institutions | Harvard University |
| Academic advisors | Garrett 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
- "Thomas E. Caywood". Mathematics Genealogy Project. North Dakota State University. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
- "Thomas E. Caywood". INFORMS. INFORMS. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
- 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
- Fellows: Alphabetical List, Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences, retrieved 2019-10-09
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