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[[FILE:TrumanCollins.JPG|border|right|thumb| Truman Collins <ref>From [https://www.flickr.com/photos/80375235@N00/4342941284/ DSC_9428 | They ask you to do these silly poses. | troom | Flickr], [https://www.flickr.com/photos/80375235@N00/page2 troom | Flickr], referred from [http://www.tkcs-collins.com/truman/index.shtml#My%20pages Truman Collins' Index Page]</ref> ]]
'''Truman Wesley Collins, Jr.''',<br/>
an American computer scientist with an undergraduate degree in mathematics, computer science and economics from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willamette_University Willamette University],
coupled with a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_of_Arts M.A.] in computer science from [[Stanford University]].
He is very involved in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Collins_Companies The Collins Companies] where he serves on the board, and the ''Collins Foundation'', as president
<ref>[https://www.collinsco.com/history/In-Depth.php#Outside History In-Depth | The Collins Companies | Truman W. Collins Jr.]</ref>.
During the mid 80s, while affiliated with Willamette University, he wrote the chess program [[Pawnder]] as senior project in computer science
<ref>[http://www.tkcs-collins.com/truman/pawnder/pawnder.shtml Pawnder Chess Program]</ref>.
=Selected Publications=
* [[Truman Collins]] ('''1995'''). ''A Trip Down Chess Computer Memory Lane''. [[Computer Chess Reports]], Vol. 5, No. 3-4 Addendum, pp. 33 <ref>[https://groups.google.com/g/rec.games.chess.computer/c/WQKs5kl32VI/m/CaLYlpkpzSUJ The old Boris chess computer] by [[Truman Collins]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], January 25, 1996</ref>
=Forum Posts=
* [https://groups.google.com/g/rec.games.chess.computer/c/bUkaInv43lQ/m/jWmZYUg_Y7UJ Crafty annotate feature] by [[Truman Collins]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], January 11, 1996
* [https://groups.google.com/g/rec.games.chess.computer/c/WQKs5kl32VI/m/CaLYlpkpzSUJ The old Boris chess computer] by [[Truman Collins]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], January 25, 1996 » [[Boris]]
* [https://groups.google.com/g/rec.games.chess.computer/c/ty2-qKDlJUI/m/Wt292BRnL14J N-Queens number for large boards] by [[Truman Collins]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcm]], January 30, 1997 » [[Backtracking#N Queens|N Queens]]
=External Links=
* [http://www.tkcs-collins.com/truman/index.shtml Truman Collins' Index Page]
* [http://www.tkcs-collins.com/truman/pawnder/pawnder.shtml Pawnder Chess Program]
* [http://www.tkcs-collins.com/truman/monopoly/monopoly.shtml Probabilities in the Game of Monopoly®] by [[Truman Collins]] <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monopoly_%28game%29 Monopoly (game) from Wikipedia]</ref>
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Collins_Companies The Collins Companies from Wikipedia]
=References=
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[[FILE:TrumanCollins.JPG|border|right|thumb| Truman Collins <ref>From [https://www.flickr.com/photos/80375235@N00/4342941284/ DSC_9428 | They ask you to do these silly poses. | troom | Flickr], [https://www.flickr.com/photos/80375235@N00/page2 troom | Flickr], referred from [http://www.tkcs-collins.com/truman/index.shtml#My%20pages Truman Collins' Index Page]</ref> ]]
'''Truman Wesley Collins, Jr.''',<br/>
an American computer scientist with an undergraduate degree in mathematics, computer science and economics from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willamette_University Willamette University],
coupled with a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_of_Arts M.A.] in computer science from [[Stanford University]].
He is very involved in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Collins_Companies The Collins Companies] where he serves on the board, and the ''Collins Foundation'', as president
<ref>[https://www.collinsco.com/history/In-Depth.php#Outside History In-Depth | The Collins Companies | Truman W. Collins Jr.]</ref>.
During the mid 80s, while affiliated with Willamette University, he wrote the chess program [[Pawnder]] as senior project in computer science
<ref>[http://www.tkcs-collins.com/truman/pawnder/pawnder.shtml Pawnder Chess Program]</ref>.
=Selected Publications=
* [[Truman Collins]] ('''1995'''). ''A Trip Down Chess Computer Memory Lane''. [[Computer Chess Reports]], Vol. 5, No. 3-4 Addendum, pp. 33 <ref>[https://groups.google.com/g/rec.games.chess.computer/c/WQKs5kl32VI/m/CaLYlpkpzSUJ The old Boris chess computer] by [[Truman Collins]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], January 25, 1996</ref>
=Forum Posts=
* [https://groups.google.com/g/rec.games.chess.computer/c/bUkaInv43lQ/m/jWmZYUg_Y7UJ Crafty annotate feature] by [[Truman Collins]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], January 11, 1996
* [https://groups.google.com/g/rec.games.chess.computer/c/WQKs5kl32VI/m/CaLYlpkpzSUJ The old Boris chess computer] by [[Truman Collins]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], January 25, 1996 » [[Boris]]
* [https://groups.google.com/g/rec.games.chess.computer/c/ty2-qKDlJUI/m/Wt292BRnL14J N-Queens number for large boards] by [[Truman Collins]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcm]], January 30, 1997 » [[Backtracking#N Queens|N Queens]]
=External Links=
* [http://www.tkcs-collins.com/truman/index.shtml Truman Collins' Index Page]
* [http://www.tkcs-collins.com/truman/pawnder/pawnder.shtml Pawnder Chess Program]
* [http://www.tkcs-collins.com/truman/monopoly/monopoly.shtml Probabilities in the Game of Monopoly®] by [[Truman Collins]] <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monopoly_%28game%29 Monopoly (game) from Wikipedia]</ref>
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Collins_Companies The Collins Companies from Wikipedia]
=References=
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