Background
Willson, Alan Neil was born on October 16, 1939 in Baltimore. Son of Alan Neil and Dorothy Sybil (Evert) Willson.
Willson, Alan Neil was born on October 16, 1939 in Baltimore. Son of Alan Neil and Dorothy Sybil (Evert) Willson.
Bachelor of Electrical Engineering, Georgia Institute Technology, 1961; Master of Science in Electrical Engineering, Syracuse University, 1965; Doctor of Philosophy, Syracuse University, 1967.
Associate engineer, International Business Machines Corporation, Poughkeepsie, New York, 1961-1964; instructor, Syracuse (New York) U., 1965-1967; member technical staff, Bell laboratories, Murray Hill, New Jersey, 1967-1972; associate professor, University of California at Los Angeles, 1972-1976; professor, University of California at Los Angeles, since 1976; assistant dean for graduate studies, University of California at Los Angeles, 1977-1981; associate dean engineering, University of California at Los Angeles, since 1987.
Board of directors National Consortium for Graduate Degrees for Minorities in Engineering Inc., 1979-1981. Fellow Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (president Circus and Systems Society 1984, editor Transactions and Circus and Systems Journal, 1977-1979, Guillemin-Cauer award 1979, W.R.G. Baker prize 1985, 94), Sigma Xi, Eta Kappa Nu, Tau Beta Pi.
Married Frances Elizabeth Beneze, October 6, 1962 (divorced December 1986). Children: Catherine Elizabeth, Deborah Frances, David Alan.