In 1965 he graduated from Louisiana Tech University with degrees in electrical engineering and psychology.
In 1967 he began working on the first computerized jet engine test facility in Oklahoma at the Tinker Air Force Base.
Simonton began publishing Polyphony magazine in 1975, which later became Electronic Musician.
Simonton was diagnosed with esophageal cancer in 2004 and died in 2005 at his home in Arcadia, Oklahoma
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