Melvin Earl (Bill) Maron - Revision history

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	== Life ==		== Life ==
	'''Melvin Earl ("Bill") Maron''' was born on January 23, 1924 in Bloomfield, New Jersey. After enrolling in the Newark College of Engineering in 1942, he enlisted in the Army Corp of Engineers. The following June he was sent to basic training at Ft. Riley, Kansas, and thereafter sent to the Engineering College at the University of Nebraska as part of what was called the Army Specialized Training Corps. He served in the Army in Europe until 1946, then returned to the University of Nebraska and completed a BS in ~~Mechanical Engineering~~.		'''Melvin Earl ("Bill") Maron''' was born on January 23, 1924 in Bloomfield, New Jersey. After enrolling in the Newark College of Engineering in 1942, he enlisted in the Army Corp of Engineers. The following June he was sent to basic training at Ft. Riley, Kansas, and thereafter sent to the Engineering College at the University of Nebraska as part of what was called the Army Specialized Training Corps. He served in the Army in Europe until 1946, then returned to the University of Nebraska, where in addition to his BS in Mechanical Engineering, he completed a BA in Physics in 1947. He then transferred to UCLA and completed a PhD in Philosophy in 1951 with a thesis on "The meaning of the probability concept."

	~~In 1947 he transferred to UCLA and completed a PhD in Philosophy in 1951.~~ After teaching logic at UCLA ~~and~~ working for IBM, he returned at the end of 1955 to Los Angeles and worked for Ramo-Wooldridge on computer handling of data. In 1959 he moved to the RAND Corporation and in 1966 to the School of Librarianship, University of California, Berkeley, where he was also, initially, Director of the Institute for Library Research. He retired in 1991 and died on September 28, 2016.		After teaching logic at UCLA then working for IBM in San Jose, CA, and Endicott, NY, he returned at the end of 1955 to Los Angeles and worked for Ramo-Wooldridge on computer handling of data. In 1959 he moved to the RAND Corporation and in 1966 to the School of Librarianship, University of California, Berkeley, where he was also, initially, Director of the Institute for Library Research. He retired in 1991 and died on September 28, 2016.

	== Contributions ==		== Contributions ==
	Maron was involved in the early developments in data base design and also probabilistic indexing. Maron and David C. Blair performed a landmark evaluation of information retrieval performance.		Maron was involved in the early developments in data base design and also probabilistic indexing. Maron and [[David Blair]] performed a landmark evaluation of information retrieval performance.

	== Publications ==		== Publications ==
	Maron's published papers were mainly on probabilistic techniques in information retrieval. ~~Several~~ are listed by Google scholar. [https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=Melvin+E.+Maron]		Maron's published papers were mainly on probabilistic techniques in information retrieval. A few are listed by Google scholar. [https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=Melvin+E.+Maron]

			*"On relevance, probabilistic indexing and information retrieval." With J. L. Kuhns. ''Journal of the ACM'' 7, no. 3 (1960): 216-244. [https://dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1145/321033.321035]
			*"Automatic indexing: an experimental inquiry." ''Journal of the ACM'' 8, no. 3 (1961): 404-417. [https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/321075.321084] Reprinted in ''Key papers in information science'', ed. by A. Elias. [Washington, DC]: American Society for Information Science, [1971]'
			*"On indexing, retrieval and the meaning of about." ''Journal of the American Society for Information Science 28, no. 1 (1977): 38-43.
			"The unified probabilistic model for IR." With S. E. Robertson & W. S. Cooper. In: ''Proceedings of the 5th annual ACM conference on Research and development in information retrieval (SIGIR ’82)''. New York: Springer-Verlag, 1982, pp 108-117. [http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=636723]
			*"An evaluation of retrieval effectiveness for a full-text document-retrieval system." With D. C. Blair. ''Communications of the ACM'' 28, no. 3 (1985): 289-299. [https://dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1145/3166.3197]

			*"An historical note on the origins of probabilistic indexing." ''Information processing & management'' 44, no. 2 (2008): 971-972.

	== Further reading ==		== Further reading ==
	*''In Memory of Professor Emeritus Melvin “Bill” Maron.'' UC Berkeley School of Information. [https://www.ischool.berkeley.edu/news/2017/memory-professor-emeritus-melvin-bill-maron]		*''In Memory of Professor Emeritus Melvin “Bill” Maron.'' UC Berkeley School of Information. [https://www.ischool.berkeley.edu/news/2017/memory-professor-emeritus-melvin-bill-maron]

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			'''Melvin Earl (Bill) Maron''' (1924-2016) was a US professor of information science.


	== Life ==		== Life ==
	Melvin Earl (Bill) Maron ~~(?-?)~~		'''Melvin Earl ("Bill") Maron''' was born on January 23, 1924 in Bloomfield, New Jersey. After enrolling in the Newark College of Engineering in 1942, he enlisted in the Army Corp of Engineers. The following June he was sent to basic training at Ft. Riley, Kansas, and thereafter sent to the Engineering College at the University of Nebraska as part of what was called the Army Specialized Training Corps. He served in the Army in Europe until 1946, then returned to the University of Nebraska and completed a BS in Mechanical Engineering.

	~~== Relevant Employment ==~~		In 1947 he transferred to UCLA and completed a PhD in Philosophy in 1951. After teaching logic at UCLA and working for IBM, he returned at the end of 1955 to Los Angeles and worked for Ramo-Wooldridge on computer handling of data. In 1959 he moved to the RAND Corporation and in 1966 to the School of Librarianship, University of California, Berkeley, where he was also, initially, Director of the Institute for Library Research. He retired in 1991 and died on September 28, 2016.

	* TRW
	* UC-~~Berkley~~

	== Contributions ==		== Contributions ==
	Maron was ~~interested~~ in probabilistic indexing~~, ranked-output retrieval, statistical approaches to Information Retrieval~~. ~~He was Prof~~. ~~Emeritus, UC-Berkeley. He was recruited by Berkeley to become Director~~ of ~~the Institute for Library Research and Faculty member~~.		Maron was involved in the early developments in data base design and also probabilistic indexing. Maron and David C. Blair performed a landmark evaluation of information retrieval performance.

	~~== Awards ==~~

	~~== Offices ==~~

	== ~~Papers~~ ==		== Publications ==
	'~~''Location #1'''~~		Maron's published papers were mainly on probabilistic techniques in information retrieval. Several are listed by Google scholar. [https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=Melvin+E.+Maron]

	* Papers dates:		== Further reading ==
	* ~~Size:~~		*''In Memory of Professor Emeritus Melvin “Bill” Maron.'' UC Berkeley School of Information. [https://www.ischool.berkeley.edu/news/2017/memory-professor-emeritus-melvin-bill-maron]
	* Includes: No decision has been made regarding the depositing of ~~his papers~~.
	* Finding aid:
	* Source: E-mail correspondence with Bill Maron, 6/96.

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	~~NAME:~~ Melvin Earl (Bill) Maron		== Life ==
			Melvin Earl (Bill) Maron (?-?)

	~~DATES:~~		== Relevant Employment ==

	~~ADDRESS: University of California, Berkeley~~		* TRW
			* UC-Berkley

	E-~~MAIL:~~		== Contributions ==
			Maron was interested in probabilistic indexing, ranked-output retrieval, statistical approaches to Information Retrieval. He was Prof. Emeritus, UC-Berkeley. He was recruited by Berkeley to become Director of the Institute for Library Research and Faculty member.

	~~WORKED AT: TRW; UC-Berkley~~		== Awards ==

	OTHER INFORMATION: Maron was interested in probabilistic indexing, ranked-output retrieval, statistical approaches to Information Retrieval. He was Prof. Emeritus, UC-Berkeley. He was recruited by Berkeley to become Director of the Institute for Library Research and Faculty member.		== Offices ==

	~~AWARDS:~~		== Papers ==
			'''Location #1'''

	~~OFFICES~~:		* Papers dates:
			* Size:
	~~PAPERS AT:~~		* Includes: No decision has been made regarding the depositing of his papers.
			* Finding aid:
	~~LOCATION #1~~		* Source: E-mail correspondence with Bill Maron, 6/96.

	~~PAPERS DATES:~~

	~~SIZE~~:

	~~INCLUDES~~: No decision has been made regarding the depositing of his papers.

	~~FINDING AID~~:

	~~SOURCE~~: E-mail correspondence with Bill Maron, 6/96.

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NAME: Melvin Earl (Bill) Maron

DATES:

ADDRESS: University of California, Berkeley

E-MAIL:

WORKED AT: TRW; UC-Berkley

OTHER INFORMATION: Maron was interested in probabilistic indexing, ranked-output retrieval, statistical approaches to Information Retrieval. He was Prof. Emeritus, UC-Berkeley. He was recruited by Berkeley to become Director of the Institute for Library Research and Faculty member.

AWARDS:

OFFICES:

PAPERS AT:

LOCATION #1

PAPERS DATES:

SIZE:

INCLUDES: No decision has been made regarding the depositing of his papers.

FINDING AID:

SOURCE: E-mail correspondence with Bill Maron, 6/96.