D. Austin Henderson

Background

Henderson, D. Austin was born on January 25, 1943 in London, Ontario, Canada. Son of Dugald Austin and Nancy (Gilbert) Henderson. came to the United States, 1966.

Education

Honors Bachelor of Science in Mathematics and Science, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, 1965. Master of Science in Computer Science, University Illinois, 1967. Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1975.

Career

Research assistant computation structures and programming, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1967-1975; consultant on computer graphics and networks, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, 1968-1975; consultant computer graphics and applications programmin, Bolt Beranek and Newman Inc., Cambridge, 1970-1975; computer scientist, Bolt Beranek and Newman Inc., Cambridge, 1975-1978; member research staff, Xerox Palo Alto (California) Research Center, 1978-1986; Palo Alto Research Center-EuroPARC liaison, Rank Xerox Cambridge (England) EuroPARC, 1987-1989; vice president, Fitch Richardson Smith, Worthington, Ohio., 1989; area manager design, use and shared spaces, Sys. Sciences Laboratory, Xerox Palo Alto Research Center, 1989-1990; manager user interface architecture, Xerox Corporation, Palo Alto, 1990-1994; user experience architect advanced technical group, Apple Computer, Inc., Cupertino, California, 1994-1995; manager user experience laboratory, Apple Computer, Inc., Cupertino, California, 1995-1996; manager discourse architecture laboratory Apple Research laboratories, Apple Computer, Inc., Cupertino, California, 1996-1997; principal, Pliant Research, LLC, La Honda, California, since 1997.

Achievements

• D. Austin Henderson has been listed as a notable Computer scientist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Econometrics Association Computer Machinery Special Interest Group on Computer Human Interaction (vice chair 1988-1989, co-chair 1989-1991, 91-93, past chair 1994-1995, conference chair 1985, distinguished service award 1995).

Interests

• Avocations: kayaking, tennis, hiking, canoeing, photography.

Connections

Married Lynne Ellen McHugh, August 29, 1981. Children: Kimberly, Mark, Brooke.

Father:

Dugald Austin Henderson

Mother:

Nancy (Gilbert) Henderson

Spouse:

Lynne Ellen McHugh

child:

Brooke Henderson

child:

Mark Henderson

child:

Kimberly Henderson