Background
Platek, Richard Alan was born on September 27, 1940 in New York City. Son of Jonas and Pearl (Kiviat) Platek.
mathematics educator research firm executive
Platek, Richard Alan was born on September 27, 1940 in New York City. Son of Jonas and Pearl (Kiviat) Platek.
Bachelor of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1961. Doctor of Philosophy, Stanford University, 1966.
Instructor department mathematics Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1966-1967. Assistant professor department mathematics Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, 1967-1969, associate professor, since 1969. President Odyssey Research Associates, since 1982.
Consultant Institute for Defense Analyses, Alexandria, Virginia, since 1986.
Chairman School of Finger Lakes, Ithaca, 1987-1988. Teacher Wisdom's Goldenrod, Valois, New York, 1970-1980. Member Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, American Mathematics Society, Association for Symbolic Logic, Association for Computing Machinery (chair SIGAda/formal methods committee 1986-1987).
Married Sandra Jane Shindell, November 1, 1960 (divorced January 1968). Children: Barbara, Brenda. Married Evelyn Janet Bloom, November 30, 1968.
1 child, Jessica.