Background
Ashford, Robert Louis was born on September 8, 1938 in Meridian, Mississippi, United States. Son of Walter and Bertha (Edmonds) Ashford.
Ashford, Robert Louis was born on September 8, 1938 in Meridian, Mississippi, United States. Son of Walter and Bertha (Edmonds) Ashford.
Student, Tougaloo College, 1956-1958.
Programmer, analyst, State of California, San Francisco, 1964-1968; programming manager, Control Data Corporation, Palo Alto, California, 1968-1973; office technical consultant, Hewlett-Packard Company, Palo Alto, 1973-1995.
Member Legal Defense Fund: Committee of 100, New York City With United States Army, 1961-1964. Member National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (life), Space Studies Institute, Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence, Union Concerned Scientists, Astronomical Society Pacific (advisor, consultant since 1989, Volunteer of Year award 1992), Group 70 (board directors public relations large amateur telescope project), Project Astro (advisory board).
Married Ruth L. Sypert, May 16, 1992.