Background
Tischendorf, John Allen was born on July 22, 1929 in Lincoln City, Indiana, United States. Son of Oswald Edgar and Violet Sophia (Katterjohn) Tischendorf.
Tischendorf, John Allen was born on July 22, 1929 in Lincoln City, Indiana, United States. Son of Oswald Edgar and Violet Sophia (Katterjohn) Tischendorf.
Bachelor of Arts in Secretary Education cum laude, U. Evansville, 1950; Master of Science in Mathematics, Purdue University, 1952; Doctor of Philosophy in Mathematics Statistics, Purdue University, 1955.
Senior assistant scientist, United States Public Health Service, Boston, 1955-1957;
member technical staff, Bell Telephone laboratories, Allentown, Pennsylvania, 1957-1959;
supervisor reliability & statistics, Bell Telephone laboratories, Allentown, Pennsylvania, 1959-1964;
supervisor applied statistics, Bell Telephone laboratories, Holmdel, New Jersey, 1964-1968;
supervisor statistical applications, Bell Telephone laboratories, Holmdel, New Jersey, 1969-1978;
supervisor engineering data analysis, Bell Telephone laboratories, Holmdel, New Jersey, 1978-1983;
supervisor product quality & reliability, American Telephone & Telegraph Company General Business Systems Laboratory, Middletown, New Jersey, 1983-1989;
manager product & performance assurance, American Telephone & Telegraph Company General Business Systems Superior vena cava syndrome, Englewood, Colorado, 1989-1992;
retired, 1992. Adjunct associate professor statistics Stanford University, 1968-1969, Rutgers University, 1966-1967. Adjunct instructor Pennsylvania State University, Wyomissing, 1961.
Member short course faculty Cornell Univercity, George Washington University, others. Member, chairman Elec. Device Engineering Committee, New York City, 1959-1964.
Member planning board Colts Neck, New Jersey, 1976. Member board adjustment Colts Neck, 1977-1986, chairman, 1983-1984. Member American Statistical Association, Sigma Xi, Sigma Pi Sigma.
Married Norma Joan Sies, April 11, 1959. Children: Lisa Kay, Diana Joan, John Eric.