Background
Caywood, Thomas Elias was born on May 9, 1919 in Lake Park, Iowa, United States. Son of Harry E. and Alice A. (Bollenbach) Caywood.
Caywood, Thomas Elias was born on May 9, 1919 in Lake Park, Iowa, United States. Son of Harry E. and Alice A. (Bollenbach) Caywood.
AB, Cornell College, Mount Vernon, Iowa, 1939; Master of Arts, Northwestern University, 1940; Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1947.
Senior mathematician Institute Air Weapons Research, University of Chicago, 1947-1950;
coordinator research, University of Chicago, 1950-1952;
supervisor operations research, Armour Research Foundation, Chicago, 1952-1953;
managing partner, Caywood-Schiller Associations, Chicago, 1953-1970;
vice president Caywood-Schiller division, A.T. Kearney and Company, Chicago, 1970-1978. Lecturer graduate school business University of Chicago, 1953-1958, 78-86, school business economics California State University, Hayward, 1981-1996. President Investigacion de Operaciones S.A. (Mexico), 1959-1960.
Member R & D board Department Defense, 1952-1953, chairman panel on ordinance transport and supply, 1959-1964, defense science board, 1960-1964.
Board of directors Cornell College Alumni Association, 1962-1965, trustee, since 1964, president of the board of trustees 1970-1973. Member American Mathematics Association, American Institute Industrial Engineers, American Mathematics Society, Operations Research Society American (editor 1961-1968, president 1969-1970).
Married Mary E. Miller, June 6, 1941. Children: Ann, Beth, Kay Dee.