Robert Cleland Carson

Background

Carson, Robert Cleland was born on March 11, 1924 in Akron, Ohio, United States. Son of Dean E. and Kathleen M. (Cleland) Carson.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Purdue University, 1948; Master of Science, Purdue University, 1950; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Wisconsin, 1953.

Career

Assistant professor, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, 1953-1957; assistant professor, Case Western Reserve U., Cleveland, 1957-1958; principal engineer, Goodyear Aircraft Corporation, Akron, 1958-1963; associate professor, U. Akron, 1963-1989; retired, 1989.

Achievements

• Robert Cleland Carson has been listed as a noteworthy mathematics educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Board of directors Barberton (Ohio) Public Library., 1968-1985, S.E.L.C. District (Luth.Ch.)-Missouri Synod. With United States Army, 1943-1946, European Theatre of Operations. Member London Mathematics Society, American Mathematics Society, Mathematics Association American, Society Industrial and Applied Mathematics, Sigma Xi.

Connections

Married Jean Anne Wiegert, August 8, 1957. Children: Reid W., Mark E., Steven D., Martha C. Wade.

Father:

Dean E. Carson

Mother:

Kathleen M. (Cleland) Carson

Spouse:

Jean Anne Wiegert

child:

Martha C. Wade Carson

child:

Steven D. Carson

child:

Mark E. Carson

child:

Reid W. Carson