Delbert Ray was born in Tamms, Illinois back in 1924 to Elbert and Emma. An undergraduate at Southern Illinois University was interrupted during WWII. After the war, he went to the University of Wisconsin-Madison where he received his Ph. D in mathematics in 1951.
After graduation, he worked for the RAND Corporation until 1971 moving to Cornell University as the Maxwell Upson Professor of Engineering. Sadly, he took his life in 1976. Now for the rest of the story. now you may be asking yourself where is James finding all these people. Well I can’t give you that information. However, for what he did in 1956 he will forever be written down in the history book for.
Sorry almost forgot to tell you I’m writing about Delbert Ray Fulkerson. Name doesn’t ring a bell, that’s okay it didn’t for me either. For in 1956 he published the Ford-Fulkerson algorithm. His mathematical computation solved the maximum flow problem in networks. I looked up the meaning of networks and it is way beyond me. For you math people I’m sure it is simple but for a simple person like me after you get past 2+2=4, I’m lost. Until tomorrow happy sales to all and remember to smile it will make people wonder what you’ve been up to.
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