Background
Baron, Sheldon was born on May 13, 1934 in Brooklyn. Son of Harry and Edna (Schleifer) Baron.
Baron, Sheldon was born on May 13, 1934 in Brooklyn. Son of Harry and Edna (Schleifer) Baron.
Bachelor of Science, Brooklyn College, 1955. Master of Arts, College William and Mary, 1961. Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1966.
Simulation engineer United States Air Force-National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, Hampton, Virginia, 1955-1957. Aerospace technologist National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1958-1965, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1965-1967. Manager, researcher Bolt Beranek & Newman, 1967-1971, manager, principal scientist, 1971-1979, vice president, 1979-1994, senior vice president, 1994-1998.
Independent consultant Lexington, Massachusetts, 1999—2007. Retired, 2007
Member science advisory board United States Army Missile Command, Huntsville, Alabama, 1975-1977. Member working group on simulation, 1982-1984.
Chairman working group on human performance modelling National Academy of Sciences-National Research Council, 1983-1987. Board vistors Bolt, Beranek and Newman Technologies Technologies, 1998-2000. Board councillors University South Carolina Integrated Media Systems Center, 1998-2008.
Consultant United States Army Science Board, 2000-2002.
Served to 1st lieutenant United States Air Force, 1955-1957. Fellow (life) Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. Member Control Systems Society (secretary, treasurer 1982-1984), American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Harvard Society Engineers and Scientists (president 1976-1978).
Married Doris Earl Rudd, August 11, 1961. 1 son, David.