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White, Alvin Murray was born on June 21, 1925 in New York City, New York, United States. Son of Max and Beatrice White.
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Alvin Murray White
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Alvin Murray White, American Mathematics educator, consultant. Grantee Fund for Improvement of Post-secondary Education, Exxon Foundation. Served with United States Navy, 1943-1946, PTO. Member American Mathematics Society, Mathematics Association American, National Council Teachers Mathematics Profl.Organizational Developers Network, Federation American Scientists, American Association of University Professors, SigmaXi.
Education
Bachelor, Columbia University, 1949. Master of Arts, University of California at Los Angeles, 1951. Doctor of Philosophy, Stanford University, 1961.
Career
Instructor Stanford University, California, 1950—1954. Assistant professor University Santa Clara, 1954—1961. Postdoctoral fellow University Wisconsin, Madison, 1961—1962.
Professor mathematics Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, California, 1962—1997, emeritus professor mathematics, 1997—2009. Visiting scholar Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1975. Initiator-facilitator humanistic mathematics network of over 2000 mathematicians worldwide.
Consultant cooperative learning tutorial program Claremont Unified School District.
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Served with United States Navy, 1943-1946, PTO. Tutor, California Institution for Men in Chino, El Roble Intermediate School. Read and recorded textbooks, Recording for the Blind (now Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic).
Member American Mathematics Society, Mathematics Association American, National Council Teachers of Mathematics, Professional Organizational Developers Network, Federation American Scientists, American Association of University Professors, Sigma Xi.
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Married Myra Goldstein, December 4, 1946. Children: Louis, Michael.
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June 2, 2009 (aged 83)