Albert Ross Eckler

Background

Eckler, Albert Ross was born on August 29, 1927 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of A. Ross and Jennie (Howe) Eckler.

Education

Bachelor, Swarthmore (Pennsylvania) College, 1950. Doctor of Philosophy, Princeton University, 1954.

Career

Member technical staff, Bell Telephone laboratories, Whippany and Murray Hill, New Jersey, 1954-1958; supervisor, Bell Telephone laboratories, Whippany and Murray Hill, 1958-1962; department head, Bell Telephone laboratories, Whippany and Murray Hill, 1962-1985; editor public, The Journal Recreational Linguistics, Morristown, New Jersey, since 1970.

Achievements

• Albert Ross Eckler has been listed as a noteworthy Editor by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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• book

  • Making The Alphabet Dance- Recreational Wordplay

    (Taps into the virtual renaissance of recreational linguis...)

  • Making the Alphabet Dance: Recreational Wordplay by Ross Eckler (1997-07-03)
  • Word Recreations: Games and Diversions from Word Ways
  • Making the Alphabet Dance: Recreational Wordplay

Membership

Carillonneur St. Peter's Church, Morristown, 1957-1988. Site manager Volunteers in Tax Assistance, Morris Plains, New Jersey, since 1985. Tonometer operator Bell Laboratories Pioneers, Short Hills, New Jersey, since 1985.

With United States Army Air Force, 1946-1947. Fellow National Speleological Society (life), National Puzzler's League (president 1985, editor magazine 1987-1988), Sigma Xi, Phi Beta Kappa.

Interests

• Avocations: genealogy, hiking, caving, evaluation of longevity claims.

Connections

Married Faith Lorraine Woodward, June 11, 1951. Children: Margaret Anne Malishchak, Lois Elizabeth Day, Susan Lorraine.

Father:

A. Ross Eckler

Mother:

Jennie (Howe) Eckler

Spouse:

Faith Lorraine Woodward

child:

Margaret Anne Malishchak Eckler

child:

Susan Lorraine Eckler

child:

Lois Elizabeth Day Eckler