Background
Gaskell, Robert Eugene was born on January 18, 1912 in Grelton, Ohio, United States. Son of Eugene R. and Effie (Fish) Gaskell.
Gaskell, Robert Eugene was born on January 18, 1912 in Grelton, Ohio, United States. Son of Eugene R. and Effie (Fish) Gaskell.
Bachelor of Arts, Albion College, 1933; Doctor of Philosophy, University Michigan, 1940.
Instructor mathematics, U. Alabama, 1940-1942; research associate, Brown U., 1942-1946; assistant professor, then associate professor mathematics, Iowa State University, 1947-1951; supervisor mathematics services unit, Boeing Airplane Company, 1951-1959; professor mathematics, Oregon State University, 1959-1966; professor mathematics, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, 1966-1980; chairman math department, Naval Postgraduate School, 1966-1972; professor emeritus, Naval Postgraduate School, since 1980. Consultant in field, since 1944.
Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member American Society Engineering Education (chairman mathematics division 1966, 73-75), Society Industrial and Applied Mathematics (council 1959-1963), Mathematics Association American (chairman visiting lecturers committee 1963-1967, chairman corporation members committee 1972-1975), Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi.
Married Jane Ardith Weyand, August 22, 1940 (deceased January 2002). Children– Ellen Gaskell Alcock, Robert Weyand.