Background
Tufts, Donald Winston was born on March 5, 1933 in Yonkers, New York, United States. Son of Fletcher Gorham Tufts and Myrtle (Ayers) Gordon.
Electrical engineering educator
Tufts, Donald Winston was born on March 5, 1933 in Yonkers, New York, United States. Son of Fletcher Gorham Tufts and Myrtle (Ayers) Gordon.
Master of Science; Diploma, The Hotchkiss School, Lakeville, Connecticut, 1951. Bachelor, Williams College, 1955. Bachelor of Science, Master of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1957.
Doctor of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1960.
Engineer, Sanders Associations, Nashua, N.H., summer 1960; consultant, Sanders Associations, Nashua, since 1960; assistant professor applied mathematics, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1960-1967; professor electrical engineering and computer science, U. Rhode Island, since 1967. Consultant National Aeronautics and Space Administration, American Telephone & Telegraph Company, others, 1966-1975.
Chairman East Greenwich (Rhode Island) School Commission, 1976, 77. Board directors East Greenwich Academy Foundation, 1989-1991. Fellow Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (chairman providence section 1985-1987, 93—, CNEC division 1990-1991).
Member Association Computer Mach., Tau Beta Pi, Sigma Si, Eta Kappa Nu.
Married Barbara Michelsen, March 24, 1956. Children: Cynthia Tufts Anderson, David Jost, John Lawrence.