Background
Shiffman, Bernard was born on June 23, 1942 in New York City. Son of Max and Bella Shiffman.
Shiffman, Bernard was born on June 23, 1942 in New York City. Son of Max and Bella Shiffman.
Bachelor of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1964; Doctor of Philosophy, University of California, Berkeley, 1968.
C.L.E. Moore instructor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1968-1970;
assistant professor mathematics, Yale University, 1970-1973;
associate professor, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, 1973-1977;
professor, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, since 1977;
chair department mathematics, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, 1990-1993. Member Institute Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey, fall 1975, Mathematics Sciences Research Institute, Berkeley, California, spring 1996. Series lecturer U. Kaiserslautern, West Germany, 1977, Institute Mathematics Academia Sinica, Beijing, China, 1978, U. Paris VI, 1979, Nordic Summer School, Joensuu, Finland, 1981.
Member Institute des Hautes Etudes Scientifiques, Bures-sur-Yvette, France, June 1979. Visiting professor U. Paris VI, 1981, 85, U. Grenoble, June 1992, November 1995.
Member American Mathematics Society.
Married Doris Judith Yaffe, July 11, 1965. Children: Jonathan, Daniel.
