Woody Bledsoe

Woodrow Wilson "Woody" Bledsoe (November 12, 1921 Maysville, Oklahoma, U.S. – October 4, 1995 Austin, Texas, USA) was a mathematician, computer scientist, and prominent educator. He is one of the pioneers of artificial intelligence, pattern recognition, and automated theorem proving. Bledsoe died on 4 October 1995 of ALS, more commonly known as Lou Gehrig's disease.

Bledsoe joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as an adult, and served in the church as a Bishop, counselor to the Stake Presidency, and Stake Patriarch. He also served as a leader in the Boy Scouts of America .^[1]

Notes

1. ^ Memorial Resolution - Woodrow W. Bledsoe

References

• Michael Ballantyne, Robert S. Boyer and Larry Hines. "Woody Bledsoe: His Life and Legacy", originally published in AI Magazine, Vol. 17. No. 1, pp. 7-20, Spring 1996, American Association for Artificial Intelligence.

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