Robert Allen Short

Background

Short, Robert Allen was born on November 7, 1927 in Dayton, Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Dallas Allen and Conchita Kathleen (Miller) Short.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Oregon State University, 1949; Bachelor of Arts, Oregon State University, 1952; Master of Science, Stevens Institute Technology, 1956; Doctor of Philosophy, Stanford, 1961.

Career

Member technical staff, Bell Labs, Whippany, New Jersey, 1952-1956; senior research engineer, Stanford (California) Research Institute, 1956-1966; lecturer, Santa Clara (California) U., 1966; professor electrical engineering, Oregon State University, Corvallis, since 1966; department chairman computer science, Oregon State University, Corvallis, 1972-1978.

Achievements

• Robert Allen Short has been listed as a noteworthy Electrical engineering educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Served with 82d Airborne Division Army of the United States, 1946-1948. Member I.E.E.E., Computer Society (Board of Governors 1970-1972, 76-78, publications committee 1970-1978, editor 1970-1975), Association Computing Machinery, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Society Engineering Education, American Society Cybernetics, Sigma Xi, Phi Kappa Phi, Tau Beta Pi, Sigma Tau, Eta Kappa Nu, Pi Mu Epsilon.

Connections

Married Barbara Ellen Lemert, June 18, 1949. Children— Kathleen (Mistress Steven Westfall), Rebecca (Mistress Thomas Cator), Kevin, Jennifer, Amy (Mistress Gary Kenton), Brian, Emily.

Father:

Dallas Allen Short

Mother:

Conchita Kathleen (Miller) Short

Spouse:

Barbara Ellen Lemert

child:

Emily Short

child:

Amy Short (Mistress Gary Kenton)

child:

Kathleen Short (Mistress Steven Westfall)

child:

Rebecca Short (Mistress Thomas Cator)

child:

Jennifer Short

child:

Kevin Short

child:

Brian Short