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Ainsworth, Oscar Richard was born on July 28, 1922 in Vicksburg, Mississippi, United States. Son of Richard Henry and Harriet (Henley) Ainsworth.
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Oscar Richard Ainsworth
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Oscar Richard Ainsworth, American Educator. National Aeronautics and Space Administration-American Society for Engineering Education fellow, 1982, 83. Member American Mathematics Society, Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, Sigma Xi, Pi Mu Epsilon (honorary), Sigma Pi Sigma (honorary), Phi Kappa Psi.
Education
A.A., Hinds Junior College, 1945; Bachelor of Arts, University Mississippi, 1946; Master of Arts, University Mississippi, 1946; Doctor of Philosophy, University of California at Berkeley, 1951.
Career
Professor mathematics, U. Alabama, 1950-1988, emeritus; summer employment, Redstone Arsenal, ARGMA, ABMA George C. Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Alabama, 1953-1962; research engineer, Douglas Aircraft, Long Beach, California, summer 1956; applied physicist, Boeing Airplane Company, Seattle, summer 1957; consultant, G.C. Marshall Space Flight Center, 1962-1963; research contract, G.C. Marshall Space Flight Center, 1963-1964; research contracts, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, since 1965.
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Membership
Member American Mathematics Society, Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, Sigma Xi, Pi Mu Epsilon (honorary), Sigma Pi Sigma (honorary), Phi Kappa Psi.
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Married Edith Josephine Wetzel, December 20, 1947.
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