Robert Forbes McNaughton

Background

McNaughton, Robert Forbes was born on March 13, 1924 in Brooklyn. Son of Robert Forbes and Helen (Brown) McNaughton.

Education

Student, Brooklyn College, 1942-1943, 46; Bachelor, Columbia University, 1948; Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1951.

Career

Teacher philosophy, Ohio State University, 1951-1952; Teacher philosophy, University of Michigan, 1953-1954; Teacher philosophy, Stanford University, 1954-1957; teacher computer science, Moore School Elec. Engineering, University Pennsylvania, 1957-1964; teacher computer science and electrical engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1964-1966; professor computer science, mathematics, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, 1966-1989; professor emeritus, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, since 1989. Visiting professor department computer science State University of New York at Albany, 1989-1990.

Researcher Office Naval Research, 1952-1953, Radio Corporation of America, Moorestown, summer 1960, Princeton, summer 1963.

Membership

Served with Army of the United States, 1943-1946. Member Association Symbolic Logic, Association Computing Machinery, American Mathematics Society, Mathematics Association American, Phi Beta Kappa.

Connections

Married Ann Gerardo, December 20, 1948 (divorced 1957). Children: Nicholas F., Sarah E. McNaughton Deppa. Married Vivien Leonard, June 23, 1974.

Father:

Robert Forbes McNaughton

Mother:

Helen (Brown) McNaughton

Spouse:

Vivien Leonard

Spouse:

Ann Gerardo

child:

Nicholas F. McNaughton

child:

Sarah E. McNaughton Deppa McNaughton