Background
Ayres, William Leake was born on June 26, 1905 in Gatesville, Texas, United States. Son of Matthias Leake and Myrtie (Buckley) Ayres.
Ayres, William Leake was born on June 26, 1905 in Gatesville, Texas, United States. Son of Matthias Leake and Myrtie (Buckley) Ayres.
Bachelor of Arts, Southwestern University, 1923. Postgraduate University Texas, 1923-1925, U. Vienna, 1928-1929. Doctor of Philosophy, University Pennsylvania, 1927.
Research fellow, 1927-1929. Assistant professor mathematics University of Michigan, 1929-1933, associate professor, 1933-1941. Professor mathematics Purdue University 1941-1962, head department mathematics, 1941-1948, assistant dean Graduate School 1943-1947, acting dean School Science, Edition and Humanities, 1946-1947, dean, 1947-1962.
Vice president, provost Southern Methodist University, Dallas, 1962-1966, professor mathematics, 1962-1970, Findlay professor mathematics 1970-1972, professor emeritus, 1972-1976.
Visiting professor of University Virginia, summer 1938, University of California at Los Angeles, summer 1939.
Member Indiana Commision on Public Employee Retirement, 1953-1954. Served as operations analyst United States Army Air Force, 1944-1945. Member American Rose Society (president 1950-1951), American Mathematics Society (associate secretary 1938-1946), Mathematics Association American (vice president 1946-1947), Phi Delta Theta.
Married Juliette Pagenstecher, September 3, 1926. Children: Juliette (Mistress Doctorate. G. Spears), Dorothy (Mistress R. G. Rutishauser), William Leake III. National.