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Rosser, John Barkley was born on December 6, 1907 in Jacksonville, Florida, United States. Son of Harwood and Ethel (Merryday) Rosser.
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Rosser, John Barkley was born on December 6, 1907 in Jacksonville, Florida, United States. Son of Harwood and Ethel (Merryday) Rosser.
Bachelor of Science, University Florida, 1929. Master of Science, University Florida, 1931. Honorary Doctor of Science, University Florida, 1970.
Doctor of Philosophy, Princeton University, 1934. Honorary Doctor of Science, Otterbein College, 1971.
Procter research fellow, Princeton University, 1933-1935; lecturer, Princeton University, 1939-1940; National Research Council fellow, Harvard University, 1935-1936; instructor mathematics, Cornell Univercity, 1936-1939; assistant professor, Cornell Univercity, 1939-1940; associate professor, Cornell Univercity, 1940-1943; professor, Cornell Univercity, 1943-1963; department chairman, Cornell Univercity, 1961-1962; professor mathematics and computer science, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1963-1978; director Mathematics Research Center, University of Wisconsin, 1963-1973; ballistician, Allegany Ballistics Laboratory, 1944-1946; director research, Institute Numerical Analysis, National Bureau Standards, 1949-1950; member committee for evaluation, Institute Numerical Analysis, National Bureau Standards, 1953; director, ART project Army Ordnance, 1951-1952; member, Stewart Committee (monitoring United States space satellite), 1955-1958; director, Families Of Children Under Stress project Institute Defense Analyses, 1959-1961; director, SCAMP project, summers 1962-1963; consultant rocket ballistics government agys. and industries. President, Colorado- OP, 1959-1960; chairman mathematics division, National Research Council, 1960-1962; chairman, Conference Board Mathematics Sciences, 1963-1965.
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Quotations: "For every proof of me, there is a shorter proof of my negation".
Member American Academy Arts and Sciences, Society Industrial and Applied Math (president 1964-1966), American Mathematics Society (council 1948-1951), Mathematics Association American, Association Symbolic Logic (executive committee 1935-1937, 41-44, president 1950-1953), Association Computing Machinery (council 1954-1956), Sigma Xi, Phi Kappa Phi. Clubs: Madison; Cosmos (Washington).
Married Annetta L. Hamilton, September 7, 1935. Children: Edwenna Merryday, John Barkley.