1929年1月30日,罗杰·纽兰·谢波德(Roger Sheperd)出生在美国加利福尼亚州的帕洛阿尔托。那里距离斯坦福大学校园只有大约1英里。他的父亲卡特勒·谢波德和他的母亲格蕾丝·谢波德都毕业于斯坦福大学。他的父亲在那里获得了工程学学位,而他的母亲则获得了艺术学位。卡特勒·谢波德是斯坦福大学材料科学的奠基人。早在斯坦福大学材料科学系创立之初,老谢波德就在那里担任系主任一职。谢波德在后来的回忆中常常将自己一生对于几何学和知觉 January 30, 1929 Roger Sheperd was born in Palo Alto, California. There is only about a mile from Stanford University campus. His father, Cutler Shepard, and his mother, Grace Shepard, both graduated from Stanford University. His father received a degree in engineering from there, while his mother received an art degree. Cutler Shepard is the founder of materials science at Stanford University. As early as the founding of the Department of Materials Science at Stanford University, Elder Shepard served as head of department there. Shepard often in his later memories of his own life for geometry and perception