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Farr, Edwin H. was born on September 24, 1925 in Greensburg, Pennsylvania, United States.
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Edwin H. Farr
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Edwin H. Farr, American mathematician, systems engineer. Member Lexington (Massachusetts) Town Meeting, 1972; president Schenectady Educational Research Council, 1961. Member Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Society for Industrial and Applied Math, Sigma Xi, Pi Mu Epsilon.
Education
Bachelor, Pennsylvania State University, 1948. Master of Science, New York University, 1951. Doctor of Philosophy, Carnegie Mellon University, 1956.
Career
Engineer, Sperry Gyroscope Company, Great Neck, New York geophysicist, Gulf Oil Corporation, Pittsburgh applied science representative, International Business Machines Corporation, Pittsburgh mathematician, General Electric, Schenectady, New York senior staff mathematician, Hughes Aircraft Company, Los Angeles, 1964-1968; mathematician, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1968-1970; operations research analyst, unites states department of Transportation, Cambridge, 1970-1987; lecturer, Northeastern U., Boston, since 1981; principal technical specialist, RJO Enterprises, Billerica, Massachusetts, 1988-1992.
Achievements
Membership
Member Lexington (Massachusetts) Town Meeting, 1972. President Schenectady Educational Research Council, 1961. Member Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Society for Industrial and Applied Math, Sigma Xi, Pi Mu Epsilon.
Connections
Married Joy Farr, August 3, 1984. Children: Carolyn, Allan.
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Nationality
American
Education
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1948
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1951
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1956