Background
Sigwart, Charles Dallas was born on July 27, 1941 in Durand, Michigan, United States. Son of Dallas Charles and Dorothy Lucille (Bonneville) Sigwart.
Sigwart, Charles Dallas was born on July 27, 1941 in Durand, Michigan, United States. Son of Dallas Charles and Dorothy Lucille (Bonneville) Sigwart.
Bachelor of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1967. Doctor of Philosophy, Northwestern University, 1976. Master of Science, West Virginia University, 1984.
Staff engineer Draper Laboratory, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1967. Graduate teaching assistant Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, 1968-1975. Postdoctoral fellow University Cincinnati Medical Center, 1976-1979.
Research associate West Virginia University Medical Center, Morgantown, 1980-1981. Graduate teaching assistant West Virginia University, 1982. Assistant professor Center Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, 1983-1988.
Associate professor computer science Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, 1988-1994. Private practice computer consultant De Kalb, since 1994. Activist rights for the disabled, adaptive computer aids for the blind.
Consultant in field.
Newsletter editor Sierra Club, Ohio, 1976-1979, Coalition of Citizens with Disabilities in Illinois, DeKalb, since 1989, president DeKalb County chapter, since 1995. Coach Odyssey of the Mind, Mount Pleasant, 1985-1987. Coordinator physical handicaps Learning About Disabilities, DeKalb, 1990-1994.
Member Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Computer Society, Association Computing Machinery, Sigma Xi.
Married Gretchen L. Van Meer, October 18, 1976. 1 child, Julia Dorothy.