Allen Burchard Altman

Background

Altman, Allen Burchard was born on November 16, 1942 in Berkeley, California, United States. Son of Allen Ashton Altman and Mabel Ellen Forney.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Stanford University, 1964; Master of Arts, Columbia University, 1965; Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia University, 1968.

Career

Assistant professor, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, 1968-1975; Fulbright fellow, Universitet Oslo, Norway, 1971-1972; profesor titular, Universidad Simon Bolivar, Caracas, Venezuela, 1975-1986; research fellow, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1981-1982; faculty in mathematics, Simon's Rock College of Bard, Great Barrington, Massachusetts, since 1986.

Achievements

• Allen Burchard Altman has been listed as a noteworthy Mathematician by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Introduction to Grothendieck Duality Theory (Lecture Notes in Mathematics)

    (Book by Altman, Allen, Kleiman, Steven)

  • Checklist of the Birds of South America

    (Book by Altman, Allen, Swift, Byron)

  • Introduction to Grothendieck duality theory (Lecture notes in mathematics, 146)
  • Checklist of the Birds of South America

Membership

Member American Mathematics Society, Mathematics Association American, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Ornithologists' Union.

Interests

• Avocation: birding.

Connections

Married Karin Michaela Olive, October 6, 1942.

Father:

Allen Ashton Altman Forney

Mother:

Mabel Ellen Forney

Spouse:

Karin Michaela Olive