Richard Earle Nance

Background

Nance, Richard Earle was born on July 22, 1940 in Raleigh, North Carolina, United States. Son of Walter Ethridge and Shirley Elizabeth (Doyle) Nance.

Education

Bachelor of Science Industrial Engineering, North Carolina State University, 1962; Master of Science Industrial Engineering, North Carolina State University, 1966; Doctor of Philosophy Industrial Engineering, Purdue University, 1968.

Career

Management staff, Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, 1962-1964; graduate assistant, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, 1964-1966; graduate research instructor, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, 1966-1968; assistant professor computer science, Southern Methodist U., Dallas, 1968-1972; associate professor of computer science, Southern Methodist U., Dallas, 1972-1973; associate professor and head, computer science, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, 1973-1977; professor computer science, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, 1977-1983; professor computer science, director Systems Research Center, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, since 1984; John A. Dahlgren Professor computer science, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, since 1989. Visiting research fellow Imperial College, London, 1980. Computer scientist Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren, 1979-1980.

United States representative to International Federation for Information Processing.

Achievements

• Richard Earle Nance has been listed as a noteworthy Computer science educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow Association for Computing Machinery (chairman SIGIR 1970-1971, chairman SIGSIM 1983-1985, founding editor-in-chief TOMACS 1990-1995, Outstanding Service award 1995). Member International Council Systems Engineering, Institute for Operations Research and Management Science, Sigma Xi.

Interests

• Avocation: restoration of antique automobiles.

Connections

Married Ann Henderson Middleton, June 9, 1962 (divorced April 1992). Children: Richard Fleming, Adriann Arrington. Married Barbara Baker Page, October 6, 2001.

Father:

Walter Ethridge Nance

Mother:

Shirley Elizabeth (Doyle) Nance

Spouse:

Barbara Baker Page

Spouse:

Ann Henderson Middleton

child:

Richard Fleming Nance

child:

Adriann Arrington Nance