Background

Grafton, Robert Bruce was born on May 15, 1935 in Rochester, New York, United States. Son of Corydon Melvin and Beatrice (Hawes) Grafton.

Education

Standard Chartered Bank, Brown U., Providence, Rhode Island, 1958; Doctor of Philosophy, Brown U., Providence, Rhode Island, 1967.

Career

Professor, U. Missouri, 1967-1971; visiting lecturer, Leicester (England) U., 1970-1971; professor, Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut, 1971-1975; program manager, Office Naval Research, New York City, 1975-1978; program manager, Office Naval Research, Arlington, Virginia, 1978-1986; program director, National Science Foundation, Washington, since 1986. Program committee COMPSAC Conference, Chicago, 1983-1986.

Achievements

• Robert Bruce Grafton has been listed as a noteworthy Science foundation official by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Facilitator New Beginnings, Washington, since 1990. Lieutenant United States Navy, 1958-1962.

Interests

• Avocations: music, hiking, reading, computational number theory.

Connections

Married Carolyn Kolb Grafton, July 8, 1967 (divorced December 1990). Children: Geoffrey Backus, Benjamin Robert.

Father:

Corydon Melvin Grafton

Mother:

Beatrice (Hawes) Grafton

Spouse:

Carolyn Kolb Grafton

child:

Geoffrey Backus Grafton

child:

Benjamin Robert Grafton