John Brooks Slaughter
John Brooks Slaughter | |
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| 11th President of Occidental College | |
| In office 1989–1999 | |
| Preceded by | Richard C. Gilman |
| Succeeded by | Ted Mitchell |
| 5th (and last) Chancellor of the University of Maryland, College Park | |
| In office 1982–1988 | |
| Preceded by | Robert Gluckstern |
| Succeeded by | William English Kirwan (as president) |
| 6th Director of the National Science Foundation | |
| In office 1980–1982 | |
| President | Jimmy Carter Ronald Reagan |
| Preceded by | Richard C. Atkinson |
| Succeeded by | Edward A. Knapp |
| Personal details | |
| Born | March 16, 1934 Topeka, Kansas, U.S. |
| Died | December 6, 2023 (aged 89) Pasadena, California, U.S. |
| Alma mater | |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Electrical engineering |
| Institutions | Navy Electronics Laboratory |
| Thesis | The solution of a class of optimal control problems by linear and piecewise-linear programming techniques (1971) |
John Brooks Slaughter (March 16, 1934 – December 6, 2023) was an American electrical engineer and college president who served as the first African-American director of the National Science Foundation (NSF). His work focused on the development of computer algorithms for system optimization and discrete signal processing.