Background
Delaney, Matthew Sylvester was born on November 26, 1927 in Ireland. Arrived in the United States, 1947, naturalized, 1952. Son of Joseph C. and Elizabeth M. (Bergin) Delaney.
academic administrator mathematics professor
Delaney, Matthew Sylvester was born on November 26, 1927 in Ireland. Arrived in the United States, 1947, naturalized, 1952. Son of Joseph C. and Elizabeth M. (Bergin) Delaney.
Student, St. John's College, 1947—1951. Bachelor, Immaculate Heart College, Los Angeles, 1958. Master of Science, Notre Dame University, 1960.
Doctor of Philosophy, Ohio State University, 1971.
Ordained priest Roman Catholic Church, 1951. Associate pastor Los Angeles Catholic Diocese, 1951-1955. Instructor mathematics, physics Pius X High School, Downey, California, 1955-1958, vice principal, 1960-1962.
Instructor mathematics Immaculate Heart College, Los Angeles, 1962-1965, assistant professor, 1965-1972, associate professor, 1972-1976, professor,1976—.
Assistant academic dean, 1973-1978. Dean academic development Mount Saint Mary"s College, Los Angeles, 1978-1982, academic dean, 1978-1991.
Professor mathematics, 1991, professor emeritus, 1996. National Science Foundation grantee, 1959-1960, 61.
Achievements include: Formal recognition of the eponyms, "Delaney Sets" and "The Delaney Symbol" in the disciplines of discrete geometry and mathematics crystallography, 1985.
Member of New York Academy of Sciences, Mathematics Association American, American Mathematics Society, International Union Crystallography.