Background
Head, Thomas James was born on January 6, 1934 in Tonkawa, Oklahoma, United States. Son of Joe Forest and Laura Venus (Godwin) Head.
Mathematical sciences educator
Head, Thomas James was born on January 6, 1934 in Tonkawa, Oklahoma, United States. Son of Joe Forest and Laura Venus (Godwin) Head.
Bachelor of Science, U. Oklahoma, 1954; Master of Arts, U. Oklahoma, 1955; Doctor of Philosophy, U. Kansas, 1962.
Assistant professor, Iowa State University, Ames, 1962-1965; professor, U. Alaska, Fairbanks, 1965-1988; visiting professor, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, 1970-1971; visiting professor, University Texas at El Paso, 1972-1974; visiting professor, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, 1975; visiting professor, Rice U., Houston, 1975-1976; professor, State University of New York, Binghamton, New York, since 1988. Program director for theoretical computer science National Science Foundation, Washington, 1985-1987.
Member New York Academy Sciences, American Mathematics Society, European Association Theoretical Computer Science, Association for Computing Machinery.
Married Eileen Fay Siegal, Aug.10, 1969. Children: Tawn Elise, Roark Alan, Michael Reuben, HadassahJoann.