He received his formal education at Harvard University in communications engineering and applied mathematics, and graduated from Harvard College with a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering.
For years he was Secretary Treasurer and the Editor of the "General Systems Newsletter, quarterly".
[4] Milton D. Rubin of Newton died Saturday July 6, 1996 at Clark House in Westwood.
The relation of systems engineering to other fields is discussed, utilizing an intellectual framework based on the concepts of speciation and competition between species.
The internal social structure of the profession and of individual organizations is considered, using the concept of competition within a species.