Background
Woodbury, Max Atkin was born on April 30, 1917 in St. George, Utah, United States. Son of Angus Munn and Grace (Atkin) Woodbury.
Woodbury, Max Atkin was born on April 30, 1917 in St. George, Utah, United States. Son of Angus Munn and Grace (Atkin) Woodbury.
Bachelor of Science, University Utah, 1939. Master of Science, University Michigan, 1941. Doctor of Philosophy, University Michigan, 1948.
Master of Public Health, University North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1977.
Member of faculty, University of Michigan, 1947-1949; member, Institute for Advisory Study, Princeton, New Jersey, 1949-1950; member of faculty, Princeton University, 1950-1952; member of faculty, University of Pennsylvania, 1952-1954; principal investigator logistics research project, Office Naval Research, George Washington University, 1954-1956; faculty, New York University, 1956-1965; professor computer science, Duke U. professor biomathematics Medical Center, Duke U., 1966-1988; senior fellow Center for Study of Aging and Human Development, Duke U., since 1975; senior fellow, senior scientist Center Demographic Studies, Duke U., since 1985; professor emeritus, Duke U., since 1987. President biomedical Information-processing Organisation, 1961-1962, Institute for biomedical Computer Research, 1961-1971. Consultant World Health Organization, UNIVersal Automatic Computer, Columbia Broadcasting System on computer election forecasts, 1952-1962, science organizations, universities, government agys., corporations.
Served with United States Army Air Force, 1941-1946, Mediterranean Theatre of Operations. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Statistical Association, Institute of Mathematics Statistics. Member numerous science, professional societies, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Phi Kappa Phi (inventor of GoM methodology).
Married Lida Gottsch, May 30, 1947. Children– Carolyn, Max TenEyck, Christopher, Gregory.