Bernard Eufinger Howard

Background

Howard, Bernard Eufinger was born on September 22, 1920 in Ludlow, Vermont, United States. Son of Charles Rawson and Ethel (Kearney) Howard.

Education

Student, Middlebury College, 1938—1940. Bachelor of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1944. Master of Science, University Illinois, 1947.

Doctor of Philosophy, 1951.

Career

Staff member Radiation Lab, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1942—1945. Assistant mathematics University Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, 1945—1949. Senior mathematician Institute Air Weapons Research, University Chicago, 1951.

Assistant to director Institute Systems Research, 1952—1956. Associate director, 1946—1960. Director Science Computing Center University Miami, Coral Gables, Florida, 1960—1964.

Professor mathematics and computer science, 1960—1991. Professor emeritus, from 1991. Associate faculty Graduate School International Studies, from 1996.

Co-investigator Positron Emission Tomography Center, University Miami Department Neurology & Mount Sinai Medical Center, 1981—1984. Chairman board directors Blue Lake Association, Inc., Miami, 1969—1996. Chairman emeritus, from 1996.

Naval research fellow Naval Underwater Systems Center, 1981—1982.

Achievements

• Bernard Eufinger Howard has been listed as a noteworthy mathematics and computer science educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American Mathematics Society, Society Industrial and Applied Mathematics (treasurer Southeast section 1964), American Phys.Soc., Association Computing Machinery (chapter chairman 1969-1970), Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, American Association of University Professors (chapter secretary 1974-1991), Sigma Xi, Phi Kappa Phi, Pi Mu Epsilon, Alpha Sigma Phi, Alpha Epsilon Lambda.

Connections

Married Ruth Belknap, March 29, 1942.

Father:

Charles Rawson Howard

Mother:

Ethel (Kearney) Howard

Spouse:

Ruth Belknap