Bert Woodard Rust

Background

Rust, Bert Woodard was born on August 30, 1940 in Bells, Tennessee, United States. Son of James Cleveland and Margaret Louise (Pool) Rust.

Education

Bachelor of Science in engineering physics, U. Tennessee, 1963; Master of Science, U. Tennessee, 1966; Doctor of Philosophy in astronomy, University of Illinois, 1974.

Career

Engineering co-op student, Oak Ridge (Tennessee) Gaseous Diffusion Plant, 1959-1963; computing applications analyst, Oak Ridge (Tennessee) Gaseous Diffusion Plant, 1964-1968; mathematician, Tennecomp Systems, Inc., Oak Ridge, Tennessee, 1968-1971; computing consultant, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 1972-1980; mathematician, National Institute Standards & Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland., since 1980. Adjunct Professor Johns Hopkins University, since 1990.

Achievements

• Achievements include discovering that human economic activity varies inversely with global temperature variations.

Membership

Delegate to state convention Democratic party, Nashville, 1968. Member Society Industrial and Applied Mathematics, American Astronomical Society.

Interests

• Avocations: reading, hiking, yoga, listening to music.

Connections

Married Marilyn Anna Miller, August 30, 1963. Children: James Eric, Jason Bert, Lawrence Edward, Walter Eugene.

Father:

James Cleveland Rust

Mother:

Margaret Louise (Pool) Rust

Spouse:

Marilyn Anna Miller

child:

Lawrence Edward Rust

child:

James Eric Rust

child:

Jason Bert Rust

child:

Walter Eugene Rust