Thomas Caywood | |
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Born | May 9, 1919 |
Died | December 10, 2008 | (aged 89)
Alma mater |
Cornell College Northwestern University Harvard University |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Mathematics, Computer Science |
Institutions | Harvard University |
Academic advisors | Garrett Birkhoff |
Thomas E. Caywood (9 May, 1919 – 19 December, 2008) was an American computer scientist and cofoundeder of the Operations Research Society of America.
Caywood first attended Cornell College and then attended Northwestern University. He went on to join the Harvard Systems Research Laboratory. Having gained a PhD on Axially Symmetric Harmonic Functions at Harvard in 1947, Caywood moved to the Institute for Air Weapons Research at the University of Chicago.
In 1965 his name appeared on a list of academics involved with Project Camelot.