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John Charles Chenoweth McKinsey (1908–1953) (also known as J. C. C. McKinsey or Chen McKinsey) was an American mathematician known for his work on mathematical logic and game theory.〔(Memorial Resolution ), Stanford Historical Society〕 He also made significant contributions to modal logic.〔"One of the very first applications of topology to (modal) logic is McKinsey’s 1941 paper." (Top of-the Logic ) - Can Baskent〕 McKinsey received B.S. and M.S. degrees from New York University and a Ph.D. degree in 1936 from the University of California, Berkeley. He was a Blumenthal Research Fellow at New York University from 1936 to 1937 and a Guggenheim Fellow from 1942 to 1943.〔〔(J(ohn) C(harles) McKinsey - John Simon Guggeheim Memorial Foundation )〕 He also taught at Montana State College, and in Nevada, then Oklahoma, and in 1947 he went "to a research group at Douglas Aircraft Corporation" that later became the RAND Corporation〔 McKinsey worked at RAND until he was fired in 1951. The FBI considered him a security risk because he was a homosexual, in spite of the fact that he was an open homosexual who had been in a committed relationship for years. He complained to his superior "How can anyone threaten me with disclosure when everybody already knows?" From 1951 he taught at Stanford University, where he was later appointed a Full Professor in the Department of Philosophy,〔 where he worked with Patrick Suppes on the axiomatic foundations of classical mechanics.〔 He committed suicide〔 at his home in Palo Alto in 1953.〔 ==Bibliography== * (originally publ. McGraw-Hill, 1952) * * * * * * 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「J.C.C. McKinsey」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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