Background
Cato, Benjamin Ralph was born on August 24, 1925 in Belmont, North Carolina, United States. Son of Benjamin Ralph and Geneva (Hanks) Cato.
Cato, Benjamin Ralph was born on August 24, 1925 in Belmont, North Carolina, United States. Son of Benjamin Ralph and Geneva (Hanks) Cato.
AB, Duke U., 1948; Master of Arts, Duke U., 1949.
Instructor, U. Arizona, Tucson, 1950-1952; instructor, U. Maryland., College Park, 1952-1955; assistant professor, College William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia, 1955-1960; associate professor, College William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia, 1960-1973; professor, College William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia, 1973-1986; professor emeritus, College William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia, since 1986. Associate director National Science Foundation Summer Institute, Williamsburg, 1963-1968, director, 1968-1974.
Staff sergeant United States Army, 1943-1946, European Theatre of Operations. Member American Mathematics Society, American Mathematics Association, Kiwanis, Pi Mu Epsilon.
Married Wilma Lucile Roberts, December 26, 1948. Children: Karen Lee, Benjamin Ralph III, Jonathan Roberts.
