Richard Roderick Burton

Background

Burton, Richard Roderick was born on October 7, 1948 in Oakland, California, United States. Son of Charles Roderick and Lulu Faye (Urbach) Burton.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Mathematics, California Institute Technology, 1970; Doctor of Philosophy in Information and Computer Science, University of California, Irvine, 1976.

Career

Member research staff, Bolt Beranek and Newman Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1973-1978; member research staff, Xerox Palo Alto Research Center, Palo Alto, California, 1978-1986; area manager user-system research, Xerox Palo Alto Research Center, Palo Alto, California, 1986-1988; director research, Trio Software Sys., San Mateo, California, 1988-1989; president, Windrose Cons., Palo Alto, since 1989.

Achievements

• Richard Roderick Burton has been listed as a notable Computer scientist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) (Software Systems award 1993).

Interests

• Avocations: sailing, soccer, skiing.

Connections

Married Katherine Krase, June 14, 1970 (divorced June 30, 1983). Married Laura Jean DeYoung, September 20, 1992.

Father:

Charles Roderick Burton

Mother:

Lulu Faye (Urbach) Burton

Spouse:

Laura Jean DeYoung

Spouse:

Katherine Krase