Background
Bledsoe, Woodrow Wilson was born on November 12, 1921 in Maysville, Oklahoma, United States. Son of Thomas Franklin and Eva (Matthews) Bledsoe.
mathematics and computer sciences educator
Bledsoe, Woodrow Wilson was born on November 12, 1921 in Maysville, Oklahoma, United States. Son of Thomas Franklin and Eva (Matthews) Bledsoe.
Bachelor of Science in Mathematics, U. Utah, 1948; Doctor of Philosophy in Mathematics, University of California, 1953.
Lecturer in mathematics, University of California-Berkeley, 1951-1953;
mathematician, staff member, Sandia Corporation, Albuquerque, 1953-1960;
head mathematics department, Sandia Corporation, Albuquerque, 1957-1960;
mathematician, researcher, Panoramic Research Inc., Palo Alto, California, 1960-1965;
president, Panoramic Research Inc., Palo Alto, California, 1963-1965;
professor mathematics computer science, University Texas, Austin, 1966-1995;
acting department chairman mathematics, University Texas, Austin, 1967-1969;
department chairman mathematics, University Texas, Austin, 1973-1975;
Ashbel Smith professor mathematics and computer science, University Texas, Austin, 1981-1984;
on leave, University Texas, 1984-1987;
Peter O'Donnell Junior Centennial chair in computing systems, University Texas, Austin, 1987-1994;
vice-president, director artificial intelligence, Microelectronics and Computer Technology Corporation, Austin, 1984-1987. General chairman International Joint Conference Artificial Intelligence, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1975-1977. Trustee International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence, 1978-1983.
Member subcommittee for computer science Advisory Committee Mathematics andComputer Science, National Science Foundation, 1979-1982, 88-90. Visiting professor Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1970-1971, Carnegie-Mellon U., Pittsburgh, 1978.
Faith in God is more than a theoretical belief in Him. To have faith in God is to trust Him, to have confidence in Him, and to be willing to act on belief in Him. It is a principle of action and power.
Vice-president Capitol Area council Boy Scouts American, Austin, 1979-1983. Served to captain United States Army, 1940-1945, European Theatre of Operations. Member American Mathematics Society, Association Computing Machinery, American Association Artificial Intelligence (president 1984-1985).
Married Virginia Norgaard, January 29, 1944. Children: Gregory Kent, Pamela Nelson, Lance Woodrow.