Ernest R. May
Personal life[edit]
May was born on November 19, 1928, in Fort Worth, Texas, and grew up as an only child.[4] He graduated from R. L. Paschal High School in 1944. He attended the University of California, Los Angeles, and was awarded a bachelor's degree in 1948 and received his Ph.D. in 1951.[5] After his graduation, he served during the Korean War era from 1951 to 1954 as an officer in the United States Navy Reserves.[4][10]
A resident of Cambridge, Massachusetts, May died at age 80 on June 1, 2009, at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, due to complications resulting from cancer surgery.[5] He was survived by Susan Wood, his second wife. Nancy Caughey, his first wife, had died in 2000, and May was survived by their son and two daughters, as well as three grandchildren.[4]