David Rolf Cecil

Background

Cecil, David Rolf was born on July 12, 1935 in Tulsa. Son of Neil McKinley and Ola Ethel (Turner) Cecil.

Education

Student (Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company scholar), Carnegie Institute Technology, 1954-1955; Bachelor of Arts, University Tulsa, 1958; postgrad (fellow), Tulane University, 1958-1959; Master of Science, Oklahoma State University, 1960; Doctor of Philosophy, Oklahoma State University, 1962.

Career

Graduate teaching assistant, Oklahoma State University, 1959-1962; senior research mathematician, Atlantic Refining Company, 1962; assistant professor, then associate professor mathematics, North Texas State University, Denton, 1962-1969; professor mathematics, Butler U., Indianapolis, 1969-1970; professor mathematics, Texas Agricultural and Industrial U., Kingsville, since 1970; department chairman, Texas Agricultural and Industrial U., 1980-1985. Consultant Education Service Center Region II, 1979-1980, Air Force Office Science Research, Wilford Hall Medical Center, Texas, 1988-1990. Organizer Kingsville Computer Club, 1980.

Member credit committee Kingsville Area Educators Federal Credit Union, since 1979.

Achievements

• David Rolf Cecil has been listed as a noteworthy Mathematician, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow Texas Academy Sciences. Member Association for Computing Machinery, American Statistical Association, Sigma Xi.

Connections

Married Betty Lou Poe, June 14, 1958. 1 child, Eric Alan.

Father:

Neil McKinley Cecil

Mother:

Ola Ethel (Turner) Cecil

Spouse:

Betty Lou Poe

child:

Eric Alan Cecil