William Charles Hoffman

Background

Hoffman, William Charles was born on August 11, 1919 in Portland, Oregon, United States. Son of William Charles and Myra (Mayo) Hoffman.

Education

Bachelor of Science, University of California, Berkeley, 1943; Master of Arts, University of California at Los Angeles, 1947; Doctor of Philosophy, University of California at Los Angeles, 1953; postgraduate, Cornell Univercity, 1949-1950.

Career

Head analysis staff, United States Navy Electronics Laboratory, San Diego, 1947-1949, 52-55; research physicist, Hughes Reserve laboratories, Culver City, California, 1951-1952, 59; consultant, mathematician, Rand Corporation, Santa Monica, California, 1955-1958; senior lecturer of radiophysics, U. Queensland, St. Lucia, Australia, 1960; member mathematics laboratory, Boeing Scientific Reserve laboratories, Seattle, 1961-1966; professor mathematics science, Oregon State University, Corvallis, 1966-1969; professor mathematics science, Oakland U., Rochester, Michigan, 1969-1985; visiting professor, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, 1987-1994; consultant, Sierra Vista, Arizona, since 1987. Member CUPM Panel on Mathematics in Life Sciences, Berkeley, 1968-1971, United States of America commissions International Scientific Radio Union, 1947-1955. Board directors Academy for Gifted and Talented of Michigan, 1982-1985.

Chairman International Conference on GeometricPsychology, Marseilles, France, 1976.

Achievements

• William Charles Hoffman has been listed as a noteworthy Mathematician by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

• book

  • Statistical Methods in Radio Wave Propagation: Proceedings of a Symposium held at the University of California, Los Angeles, June 18-20, 1958

Membership

Director Civil Defense, Mercer Island, Washington, 1964-1965. Vice chairman planning and zoning commission City of Sierra Vista, 1988-1990. Member American Mathematics Society, American Statistical Association, Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, Psychometric Society, American Educational Reserve Association, Delta Upsilon.

Interests

• Exploring by auto, stock market research, reading, snorkeling, winemaking.

Connections

Married Ruth Ann Ketler, 1950 (divorced 1975). Children: Nancy Lindsley, Robert. Married Dorothea Maree Hanlon, May 15, 1975.

1 child, Brian.

Father:

William Charles Hoffman

Mother:

Myra (Mayo) Hoffman

Spouse:

Ruth Ann Ketler

Spouse:

Dorothea Maree Hanlon

child:

Brian Hoffman

child:

Nancy Lindsley Hoffman

child:

Robert Hoffman