Background
Carter, William Caswell was born on January 16, 1917 in Waterville, Maine, United States. Son of Benjamin Edward and Mary Helen (Caswell) Carter.
Carter, William Caswell was born on January 16, 1917 in Waterville, Maine, United States. Son of Benjamin Edward and Mary Helen (Caswell) Carter.
Bachelor of Arts magna cum laude, Colby College, 1938; postgraduate, University of Oxford, 1938-1939; postgraduate, University of Chicago, 1939-1942; Doctor of Philosophy in Mathematics, Harvard University, 1947; Doctor of Science, University Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1988.
Mathematician, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland., 1947-1952; computer scientist, Raytheon Corporation, Waltham, Massachusetts, 1952-1955; computer scientist, Honeywell Computer Division, 1955-1959; computer scientist, International Business Machines Corporation T.J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, New York, 1959-1986; member of advisory committee systems technical, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1982-1989. Visiting Science and Engineering Research Council research professor of University Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, England, 1989. Consultant 1986-1990.
Member Woodbury (Connecticut) Charter Revision Committee, 1977. Member Woodbury Democratic Town Committee, 1976-1977. Delegate Maine Democratic Party Convention, 1992.
Served to lieutenant United States Naval Reserve, 1942-1945, PTO. Fellow Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. Member Association Computing Machinery, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi.
Married Virginia Lee Davis, August 14, 1957. Children: Benjamin Everett, Candace, Clark Thomas.