Background
Hopkins,, Albert Lafayette was born on May 6, 1931 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Albert Lafayette and Florence Jameson (Odil) Hopkins.
Computer engineering executive
Hopkins,, Albert Lafayette was born on May 6, 1931 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Albert Lafayette and Florence Jameson (Odil) Hopkins.
AB, Harvard University, 1953. AM, Harvard University, 1954. Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1957.
Instructor control systems engineering Harvard University, 1957-1960. With instrumentation laboratory Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1960-1970, deputy associate director, 1967-1969, associate director, 1969-1970, associate professor aerospace and astronautics, 1970-1976. With Christian Science Draper Laboratory, 1976-1981.
Co-founder, president Institut für Theoretische Physik Computer, Inc., 1981-1984. Director technical development Institut für Theoretische Physik Boston, Inc., 1984-1990.
Member Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Computer Society (1st vice president 1973, chairman technical committee on fault-tolerant computing 1979-1981), American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (Information Systems award 1977), Technology Committee Computer Systems, Association for Computing Machinery, Society Manufacturing Engineers, Sigma Xi.
Married Bess House, June 21, 1952 (divorced January 1971). Children: Albert Lafayette III, Thomas W.H., James A., Sarah B. Married Ellen Berger, March 18, 1971 (divorced April 1980).
Married Lynne Zaccaria, August 9, 1980.