Paul Ralph Woodward

Background

Woodward, Paul Ralph was born on August 25, 1946 in Rockeville Center, New York, United States. Son of William Redin and Edith (Jones) Woodward.

Education

Bachelor, Cornell Univercity, 1967; Doctor of Philosophy, University of California, Berkeley, 1973.

Career

Physicist, Lawrence Livermore National Lab, Livermore, California, 1968-1971; computational physicist, Lawrence Livermore National Lab, Livermore, California, 1978-1985; research associate, National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Charlottesville, Virginia, 1974-1975; research associate observatory, Leiden U., The Netherlands, 1975-1978; professor astronomy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, since 1985. Director Laboratory for Computational Science & Engineering, University Minnesota, Minneapolis, since 1995.

Achievements

• Paul Ralph Woodward has been listed as a noteworthy applied mathematician, astrophysicist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow Minnesota Supercomputer Institute. Member International Astronomical Union, Society for Industrial and Apllied Mathematics, New York Academy Science, Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Eta Sigma.

Connections

Married Judith Hansburg, December 28, 1972. Children: Thomas, Theodore.

Father:

William Redin Woodward

Mother:

Edith (Jones) Woodward

Spouse:

Judith Hansburg

child:

Theodore Woodward

child:

Thomas Woodward