Background
Meacham, Robert Colegrove was born on May 1, 1920 in Moultrie, Georgia, United States. Son of John Baxter and Laura (Sharp) Meacham.
Meacham, Robert Colegrove was born on May 1, 1920 in Moultrie, Georgia, United States. Son of John Baxter and Laura (Sharp) Meacham.
AB, Southwestern at Memphis, 1942. Master of Science, Brown University, 1948. Doctor of Philosophy, Brown University, 1949.
Instructor mathematics, Carnegie Institute of Technology, Pittsburgh, 1949-1950;
assistant professor, Carnegie Institute of Technology, Pittsburgh, 1950-1954;
associate professor mathematics, U. Florida, Gainesville, 1954-1960;
professor mathematics, Florida Presbyterian/Eckerd College, St. Petersburg, 1960-1990;
emeritus professor, Florida Presbyterian/Eckerd College, St. Petersburg, since 1990. Visiting professor Florida State University, 1961, U. Tennessee, 1962, Clemson U., 1984. Consultant Radio Corporation of America Svc.
Company, Patrick Air Force Base, Florida, 1957-1964. Member writing group MAA commission on educational media, Stanford University, 1964, 65, 66 summers, panel on math.edn. research, 1968-1972.
Lieutenant United States Naval Reserve, 1942-1945. Member Mathematics Association American (governor 1974-1977, president Florida section 1967-1968, Distinguished Service award 1988), American Mathematics Society, Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, Sigma Xi, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Katharine Miller, December 25, 1943. Children: Robert C. Junior, Katharine Rothrock, Andrew William, Laura Herron.