Paul Walton Purdom

Background

Purdom, Paul Walton was born on April 5, 1940 in Atlanta. Son of Paul Walton and Bettie (Miller) Purdom.

Education

Bachelor of Science, California Institute Technology, 1961; Master of Science, California Institute Technology, 1962; Doctor of Philosophy, California Institute Technology, 1966.

Career

Assistant professor computer science, University of Wisconsin -Madison, 1965-1970; assistant professor, University of Wisconsin -Madison, 1970-1971; member technical staff, Bell Telephone laboratories, Naperville, Illinois, 1970-1971; associate professor, chairman computer science department, Indiana U., Bloomington, 1977-1982; professor computer science, Indiana U., Bloomington, since 1982. Grant researcher FAW, Ulm, Germany.

Achievements

• Paul Walton Purdom has been listed as a notable Computer scientist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, Association Computing Machinery, Sigma Xi.

Connections

Married Donna Armstrong. Children— Barbara, Linda, Paul.

Father:

Paul Walton Purdom

Mother:

Bettie (Miller) Purdom

Spouse:

Donna Armstrong