Background
Hollingsworth, Jack Waring was born on March 3, 1924 in South Haven, Kansas, United States. Son of Virgil Braxton and Ethel (Waring) Hollingsworth.
mathematics and computer science educator
Hollingsworth, Jack Waring was born on March 3, 1924 in South Haven, Kansas, United States. Son of Virgil Braxton and Ethel (Waring) Hollingsworth.
Bachelor of Science in Engineering Physics, University Kansas, Lawrence, 1948. Bachelor, University Kansas, Lawrence, 1949. Master of Science, University Wisconsin, Madison, 1951.
Doctor of Philosophy, University Wisconsin, Madison, 1954.
Teaching assistant, U. Kansas, 1947-1949; teaching assistant, University of Wisconsin, 1949-1950; computing assistant, University of Wisconsin, 1950-1954; general science aide, United States Naval Ordnance Laboratory, 1950; mathematician, General Electric Company, 1954-1957; member of faculty, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1957-1979; professor mathematics, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1961-1979; supervisor computer laboratory, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1957-1970; chairman interdisciplinary committee computer science, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1967-1973; professor, School Computer Science and Technology/Rochester Institute Technology, New York, New York, 1979-1986; director, School Computer Science and Technology/Rochester Institute Technology, New York, 1980-1982; professor mathematics, Rochester Institute Technology, 1986-1996; professor emeritus, Rochester Institute Technology, since 1996. Member Board Cooperative Ednl. Services, Saratoga-Warren Counties, 1970-1979.
Served to First lieutenant United States Army Air Force, 1943-1945. Member Association Computing Machinery (treasurer special interest group of university computing centers 1964-1970), American Mathematics Society, Society Industrial and Applied Mathematics, Mathematics Association American, Sigma Xi, Tau Beta Pi, Omicron Delta Kappa, Kappa Eta Kappa.
Married Nancy Lee Harris, September 14, 1950. Children: Joel, Priscilla, Seth (deceased).