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Bob McCloskey
December 25, 2017
Prof. McNaughton --I never felt comfortable calling him Bob, as it just didn't seem to convey the respect due him-- was a fine man. I'm lucky to have taken his courses, read his books and papers, been his teaching assistant, and his last Ph.D. student. My son is named not after me but rather after Prof. McNaughton.
John Spagnuolo
June 23, 2014
Dr. McNaughton was a true genius and a gentleman. I am proud to have had him as my graduate adviser. Truly a wonderful person. Further, his influence on the field of theoretical computer science/mathematics will be felt for quite some time.
Edwin Rogers
June 11, 2014
A wonderful human being, philosopher & scientist was Bob McNaughton. I was privileged to be his younger colleague for all his years at RPI. His generosity with insight, help and concern was unflagging. He gave automata and theoretical computer science real presence at Rensselaer. I also remember fondly his wife Vivien Leonard, with whom I also worked and who added a happy dimension to Bob's life. They are missed.
Ugur Dogrusoz
June 10, 2014
My condolences. He was a very pleasant person and the instructor of my all time favorite course (on theory of computation).
John McDonald
June 9, 2014
Bob McNaughton was one of the first faculty members here at RPI that I met when I arrived from Yale in 1974. I had read some of his work while at Yale. We struck up a lasting friendship. I can truly say Bob was one of the professors whose presence here caused me to select RPI for the remaining 40 years of my own career. I was deeply involved in formulating relevant ECSE computer hardware design courses at RPI and eventually incorporated some of his work on derivatives of "regular expressions" into the current rendition of Finite State Machines. I still tell the students about Bob during lecture. He was always friendly and cheerful. He was an important researcher who helped shape our field of computer engineering, even helped define Computer Science as a real Science. He will be missed.
Dawn Stuart Weinraub
June 9, 2014
Bob McNaughton was an esteemed colleague on the board of Friends of Chamber Music, generous in every way, especially in spirit. My sincere sympathies to his family.
Ken Vastola
June 9, 2014
My sympathies. He was a kind and generous colleague, and a joy to have lunch with.
Can Ozturan
June 8, 2014
I consider myself as very privileged for being a student of Prof. McNaughton in his graduate computational complexity course. I also learned Automata theory by reading his book while I was an undergraduate student. Prof. McNaughton was a very kind person. He was a great computer scientist and a great teacher. My deepest condolences to you and your family.
John Corcoran
June 8, 2014
In 1961 I met Professor McNaughton, as I always called him until I became Doctor Corcoran and he invited me to Bob him. At that time he was a world-class figure in automata theory, formal languages, and mathematical logic. I had just finished year two of my graduate studies in philosophy and logic. I had a summer job in automata theory at Burroughs Research where Bob was regarded as a superstar by my coworkers, some of whom were Moore School graduates or students.
Bob was a very important figure in my intellectual, professional, and emotional lives. He always knew what support I needed and provided it. And, just as importantly, he gave me my space when I needed to work things out for myself. My career benefited from my being privileged to be known as a McNaughton PhD, which I took pride in.
I told him this a few years back and I had it conveyed to him a few days before he left us.
The Staff of Parker Bros. Memorial Funeral Home
June 8, 2014
Offering our deepest sympathies during this time.
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