Background
Beightler, Charles Sprague was born on March 18, 1924 in Cincinnati. Son of Donald Sprague and Elizabeth (Bainer) Beightler.
Mechanical engineering educator
Beightler, Charles Sprague was born on March 18, 1924 in Cincinnati. Son of Donald Sprague and Elizabeth (Bainer) Beightler.
Bachelor of Science, University Michigan, 1950, Master of Science, 1954. Doctor of Philosophy, Northwestern University, 1961.
Design engineer Aeronca Manufacturing Company, Middletown, Ohio, 1950-1951. Research engineer General Motors Research Laboratory, Detroit, 1954-1955. Operations research analyst Caywood-Schiller Associates, Chicago, 1956-1957.
Director operations research Ernst & Ernst, Chicago, 1957-1958.
Assistant professor mechanical engineering University Texas, Austin, 1961-1965, associate professor, 1965-1968, professor, since 1968. Fulbright lecturer University Freiburg (Germany), 1971-1972.
Consultant Humble Oil Corporation, Houston, Office Governor Texas.
Member Operations Research Society of America (Lanchester prize 1967), Institute Management Sciences, New York Academy of Sciences, Sigma Xi, Pi Tau Sigma, Kappa Sigma.
Married Patricia Ann Thompson, March 3, 1957. Children– William John, Judith Ann, Susan Jeanne, Carol Lynn, Barbara Gail.