Richard Samuel Rudner

Background

Rudner, Richard Samuel was born on October 3, 1921 in New York City. Son of Irving and Fanny Rudner.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Queens College, 1946. Master of Arts, University Pennsylvania, 1948, Doctor of Philosophy, 1949.

Career

Instructor, Cornell Univercity, 1948-1949. Assistant professor Washington University, Saint Louis, 1949-1952. Research assistant professor logic Naval Research laboratories, Washington, also Tufts College, 1952-1954.

Assistant professor Swarthmore College, 1954-1956.

Professor Michigan State University, 1956-1962. Professor philosophy, department chairman Washington University, Saint Louis, from 1962.

Consultant government, educational institutions and industry, from 1952.

Achievements

• Richard Samuel Rudner has been listed as a noteworthy philosopher, educator. by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Served with Army of the United States, 1942-1943. National Science Foundation senior postdoctoral fellow, 1962-1963. Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Member American Philosophical Association, Philosophy Science Association (governor board), Phi Beta Kappa.

Connections

Married Martha Kaufman, August 28, 1946. Children: David West, Kathryn Annual.

Father:

Irving Rudner

Mother:

Fanny Rudner

Spouse:

Martha Kaufman

child:

David West Rudner

child:

Kathryn Ann Rudner