Background
Gelbart, Abe was born on December 22, 1911 in Paterson, New Jersey, United States. Son of Wolf and Pauline (Landau) Gelbart.
Gelbart, Abe was born on December 22, 1911 in Paterson, New Jersey, United States. Son of Wolf and Pauline (Landau) Gelbart.
Bachelor of Science, Dalhousie University, 1938. Doctor of Laws honoris causa, Dalhousie University, 1972. Doctor of Philosophy in Math, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1940.
Doctor of Science (honorary), Bar-Ilan University, Israel, 1985.
Assistant, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1938-1940;
instructor mathematics, North Carolina State College, 1940-1942;
research associate, Brown U., 1942;
associate physicist, National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, Langley Field, Virginia, 1942-1943;
assistant professor to professor mathematics, Syracuse University, 1943-1958
director, Institute Mathematics Yeshiva U., 1958-1959;
dean, Belfer Graduate School Science, 1959-1970;
dean emeritus, Belfer Graduate School Science, 1970-1994;
distinguished university professor mathematics, Belfer Graduate School Science, 1968-1994. Visiting distinguished professor mathematics Bard College and fellow Bard College Center, 1979-1994, David and Rosalie Rose Distinguished professor natural science and mathematics, 1983-1994. Lecturer, Sorbonne, Paris, 1949.
Visiting professor University of Southern California, 1951. Member Institute Advanced Study, Princeton, 1947-1948, 77-81. Fulbright lecturer, Norway, 1951-1952.
Member directorate mathematics science United States Air Force Office Science Research. Vice Chairman, Board Of Directors, chairman science advisory board Daltex Medical Sciences, Inc., 1983-1994. Member of advisory board Institute for Thinking and Learning, PaceU., 1982-1994.
Founding director series, lectures Bard College Sciences, 1979-1994.
Trustee, chairman academy science committee Bar-Ilan University, Israel, 1982-1994. Member American Mathematics Society, Mathematics Association American, Academy Indiana Scholars (trustee 1982-1994), Russian Academy Technology Science (foreign), City Athletic Club, Cosmos Club, Sigma Xi.
Married Sara Goodman, July 2, 1939 (deceased November 23, 1988). Children: Carol Marie (Mistress Ivan P. Auer), Judith Sylvia (deceased), William Michael, Stephen Samuel. Married Mona Siegel, March 4, 1990.