Background
Colvin, Burton Houston was born on July 12, 1916 in West Warwick, Rhode Island, United States. Son of Asa Burton and Sara Elsie (Houston) Colvin.
government official mathematician
Colvin, Burton Houston was born on July 12, 1916 in West Warwick, Rhode Island, United States. Son of Asa Burton and Sara Elsie (Houston) Colvin.
AB, Brown University, 1938. Master of Arts in Mathematics, Brown University, 1939. Doctor of Philosophy in Mathematics, University Wisconsin, 1943.
Instructor mathematics and mechanics, department mathematics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1943;
instructor mathematics, assistant professor mathematics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1946-1951;
technical aide national defense research committee, Office Science Research and Development, 1944-1945;
consultant, applied mathematician physical research staff, Boeing Company, Seattle, 1951-1955;
supervisor mathematics analysis group, Boeing Company, 1955-1958;
with, Boeing Science Research laboratories, Seattle, 1958-1972;
head mathematics research laboratory, Boeing Science Research laboratories, 1958-1970;
acting head information science laboratory, Boeing Science Research laboratories, 1966-1970;
head mathematics and information science laboratory, Boeing Science Research laboratories, 1970-1972;
chief division applied mathematics, National Bureau Standards, Department Commerce, Washington, 1972-1978;
director Center for Applied Mathematics, National Bureau Standards, Department Commerce, Washington, 1978-1986;
director academic affairs, National Institute Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland., 1986-1991;
deputy director academic affairs, National Institute Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland., 1991-1994;
retired, 1994. National Science Foundation lecturer, 1957. Member of council Conference Board Mathematics Sciences, 1964, 70-77, chairman, 1975-1977.
Advisory board School Mathematics Study Group, 1963-1971, chairman, 1965-1966. Chairman computer science advising committee Stanford University, 1970-1971.
Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science (council 1965-1967, chairman task force on tech,. education 1968-1969). Member National Education Association, Society Industrial and Applied Mathematics (visiting scientist lecturer 1962-1963, trustee 1962-1965, 67-70, 78-80, president 1971-1972), Mathematics Association American (visiting lecturer 1963-1965), national Physical Science Consortium (board dris. 1988-1993, vice president 1992-1993), American Mathematics Society, Institute of Mathematics Statistics, Association Women in Mathematics, National Council Teachers of Mathematics, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi.
Children: Daniel Burton, David Walter, Thomas Alan.