Between 1940 and 1973 Yates worked a number of different positions at the United States Army Corps of Engineers, Aero Service Corporation, United States Army Map Service and Radio Corporation of America before becoming a mathematical researcher from 1973.
He attained a Bachelor in Mathematics from George Washington University, a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania as well as doing a postgrad there.
Yates, Samuel. "Periods of Unique Primes". Mathematics Magazine. p. 314. https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/umma20/53/5?nav=tocList ↩
Yates, Samuel (1982). Repunits and Repetends. S. Yates. ISBN 978-0-9608652-0-8. 978-0-9608652-0-8 ↩