Alan L. Selman papers

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: RS 13/7/65

Staff Only

Scope and Content

This collection (1977-1986, undated) includes biographical information, papers, a proposal, and a research report.

Dates

1977-1986, undated

Creator

Selman, Alan L. (Person)

Language of Materials

English

Access Restrictions

Open for research.

Use/Re-use Restrictions

Consult Special Collections and University Archives

Biography/Profile

Alan L. Selman was born on April 2, 1941 in Bronx, New York. He received a B.S. (1962) from Cum Laude from City College of New York, M.S. (1964) from University of California, and Ph.D. (1970) in Mathematics from Pennsylvania State University.

Selman was a Graduate Assistant (1963-1964) at University of California, Berkeley, Graduate Assistant (1964-1968) at Pennsylvania State University, Instructor (1968-1970) at Pennsylvania State University, Research Mathematician and Lecturer (1970-1972) at Carnegie-Mellon University, Assistant Professor (1972-1977), and then became an Associate Professor (1977-1982) and then Professor (1982-1986) in the Department of Computer Science at Iowa State University.

He was a member of Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Association for Symbolic Logic, Association for Computing Machinery, ACM Special Interest Group for Automata and Computability Theory, ACM Special Interest Group for Computer Science Education, and IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Mathematical Foundations of Computing. He received the Fulbright Award (1981-1982) to lecture in Computer Science at the Technion in Israel.

He had a wife named Sharon, and together they had two children named Jeffrey and Heather.

Extent

0.42 Linear Feet (1 document box)

Additional Description

Abstract

Alan Selman served as both an Associate Professor and Professor at Iowa State University in 1977-1986. He received his B.S. (1962) from the City College of New York and both his M.S. (1964) from University of California and Ph.D. (1970) in Mathematics from Pennsylvania State University. He received a Fulbright Award in 1982. This collection (1977-1986, undated) includes biographical information, papers, a proposal, and a research report.