Background
Reeker, Larry H. was born on February 2, 1943 in Spokane, Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Walter M. and Frances (Miles) Reeker.
Reeker, Larry H. was born on February 2, 1943 in Spokane, Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Walter M. and Frances (Miles) Reeker.
Bachelor, Yale University, 1964. Doctor of Philosophy, Carnegie-Mellon University, 1974.
Assistant professor Computer Science and Linguistics Ohio State University, Columbus, 1968-1973. Assistant professor Computer Science University Oregon, Eugene, 1973-1975. Associate professor Computer Science University Arizona, Tucson, 1975-1978.
Reader and department head University Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, 1978-1982. Professor and department head Tulane University, New Orleans, 1982-1985. Vice president and senior principal The Business Development Manager Corporation, McLean, Virginia, 1985-1989.
Research staff member Institute for Defense Analyses, Alexandria, 1989-1998. Director knowledge models and cognitive system program National Science Foundation, Arlington, 1994-1998. Computer scientist Office of Director Info Technology Laboratory National Institute Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland, since 1998.
Visiting research scientist Chemical Abstracts Corporation, Columbus, Ohio, 1982, United States Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, 1984-1985. Visiting scientist United States Air Force Human Resources Laboratory, Denver, 1984. Nystal Visiting Fellow University West Florida, Pensacola, 1989.
Member Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Association for Computing Machinery (board directors 1986-1989, Service award 1989, 90), Association for Computer Linguistics, American Association for Artificial Intelligence (computer science accreditation committee since 1995, knowledge area specialist), Software Engineering Body of Knowledge (area specialist since 1998).
Married Linda Karman (divorced 1985). Children: Philip, David, Christina. Married Gail Bleach, 1989.
Children: Greg, Seth.