A. Ross Eckler, Jr.

A. Ross Eckler, Jr.

Albert Ross Eckler, Jr. (born August 29, 1927 in Boston, Massachusetts) is the son of statistician A. Ross Eckler. He received a B.A. from Swarthmore College and a PhD in mathematics from Princeton University.

While at Bell Labs, Eckler co-authored "Mathematical Models of Target Coverage and Missile Allocation" with Stefan A. Burr. This was the first monograph published by the Military Operations Research Society (MORS).

Eckler is the former owner and editor of "" and wrote a book on logology, "Making the Alphabet Dance". He is author of "The National Puzzlers' League, The First 115 Years," a history of the National Puzzlers' League. He and his wife Faith, who have been married for over 50 years, [http://wordways.com/meetEcklers.htm] are also former NPL editors under the collective nom de plume "Faro" (with variant forms "FAro" for Faith and "faRO" for Ross).

Among his hobbies are genealogy and centenarian research. Eckler has disproved exaggerated age claims such as those of Charlie Smith and George Fruits while authenticating others such as Delina Filkins (1815–1928).

References

*A. Ross Eckler. The National Puzzlers' League, The First 115 Years. National Puzzlers League, New York, 1998.


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