He passed on his love of music and the outdoors to his children and shared his passion for computer programming. He loved classical music, musicals, and the whimsical tunes of Leroy Anderson. Roberts enjoyed hiking in the Fiery Gizzard Gulf in Tracy City, Tenn. He later founded the Information Systems Department at Kennesaw State University and served as Department Chair. Roberts was a pioneer in computer science and was hired as a full professor at Georgia State University in Atlanta and helped establish the Computer Science Department. in Inorganic Chemistry at Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, Ga. He received his undergraduate degree in Chemistry from Tennessee Polytechnic Institute in Cookeville, Tenn., pursued advanced studies at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Mass., and completed his Ph.D. Roberts met his wife Emma Ruth Kilgore in Tracy City, Tenn. His father was a Methodist preacher and Air Force chaplain who lost his life in the Korean War. and grew up in Tennessee, Texas, and New Mexico. Roberts was born to parents James Preston Waddell Roberts and Giula Shannon on Jin Meridian, Miss. Morris Waddell Roberts, age 88, passed away Saturday, April 22, 2023, at the University of Tennessee Medical Center, Knoxville, Tenn.
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