Background
Rechard, Ottis William was born on November 13, 1924 in Laramie, Wyoming, United States. Son of Ottis H. and Mary (Bird) Rechard.
mathematics and computer science educator
Rechard, Ottis William was born on November 13, 1924 in Laramie, Wyoming, United States. Son of Ottis H. and Mary (Bird) Rechard.
Bachelor of Arts, University Wyoming, 1943; postgraduate, University of California, Los Angeles, 1943; Master of Arts, University Wisconsin, 1946; Doctor of Philosophy, University Wisconsin, 1948.
Instructor, University of Wisconsin, 1948;
instructor, assistant professor, Ohio State University, 1948-1951;
staff member, Los Alamos (New Mexico) National Laboratory, 1951-1956;
professor, director computing center, Washington State University, Pullman, 1956-1968;
professor, department chairman computer science, Washington State University, 1963-1976;
professor, director systems and computing, Washington State University, 1968-1970;
professor mathematics and computer science, U. Denver, 1976-1995;
professor emeritus, U. Denver, since 1995;
director computing services, U. Denver, 1976-1979. Visiting professor, department chairman computer science U. Wyoming, 1986-1987. Consultant National Science Foundation, Idaho Nuclear Corporation, Los Alamos National Laboratory.
Program director computer science program National Science Foundation, 1964-1965, chairman advisory panel on institutional computing facilities,1969-1970.
Member Los Alamos School Board, 1954-1956. Member Pullman School Board, 1967-1974. Trustee, past president Westminster Foundation, Synod Washington-Alaska.
Served to 1st lieutenant United States Army Air Force, 1943-1945. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member Association for Computing Machinery, American Mathematics Society, Mathematics Association American, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Computer Society, Society Industrial and Applied Mathematics, American Association of University Professors, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Phi Kappa Phi.
Club: Rotarian.
Married Dorothy Lee Duble, November 19, 1943. Children– Katherine L. (Mistress Larry V. Baxter), Carol G. (Mistress David P. Reiter), Nancy L. (Mistress William Moore), Elizabeth A.