Edward D.C. Mcdowell

Edward McDowell, 64, of The Bridge at Cherry Hill in Johnston, RI, died on Saturday, December 28, at Elmhurst Rehabilitation and Health Center in Providence, RI. Born in New York, New York, Ed was the son of the late Samuel and Rosa (Deutsch) McDowell. He is survived by his sister, Janet McDowell of New York, NY. Ed graduated from Stuyvesant High School, which is a top rated, public high school in New York, New York, that specializes in mathematics and science. He earned a B.A. in mathematics from Columbia University in 1976 and a Ph.D. in mathematics from Yale University in 1981. After having taught at Clark University as a Visiting Assistant Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science from 1981 to 1984, he was hired as an Assistant Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science at Rhode Island College in the fall of 1984. While teaching at Rhode Island College, he earned an M.S. in computer science from the University of Rhode Island in 1992. In 1993 he was tenured and promoted to the rank of Associate...