Background
NEUMANN, Bernhard Hermann. DR.PHIL. was born on October 15, 1909 in Berlin-Charlottenburg, Germany. Son of late Richard Neumann and Else Aronstein.
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Bernhard Hermann. DR.PHIL. NEUMANN
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Berlin-Charlottenburg, University of Freiburg, Berlin, Cambridge.
Career
Assistant Lecturer University College Cardiff 1937-1940. Army Service 1940-1945. Lecturer University College Hull 1946-1948.
Lecturer, Senior Lecturer, Reader, University of Manchester 1948-1961. Professor, Head of Department, Australian National University 196274, Emeritus Professor, Honorary Fellow' since 1975. Senior Research Fellow, Division of Math, and Statistics, CSIRO 1975-1977.
Honorary Research Fellow since 1978. Visiting Lecturer Australian Universities 1959, Monash University 1980. Visiting Professor Tata Institute Fundamental Research, Bombay 1959, Courant Institute Mathematics Sciences, New York University 1961-1962, University Wisconsin 1966-1967, Vanderbilt University 1969-1970, University of Cambridge 1970.
University Illinois Urbana-Champaign 1975. Visiting Scientist, University of Manitoba 1979. University of Bielefeld 1987.
Visiting Fellow, Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge 1970. Matthew' Flinders Lecturer of the Australian Academy, of Science 1984. President 1957-1959).
Council Australian Mathematics Society 1963-1979 (Vice President 1963-1964, 1966-1968, 1971-1973, President 1964-1966). Council Australian Academy Science 1968-1971, Vice-President 1969-1971. Foundation President Australian Association Mathematics Teachers 1966-1968, Vice-President 1968-1969.
Foundation President Canberra Mathematics Association 1963-1965, Vice-President 1965-1966. Chairman Aust. National Committee Mathematics 1966-1975. Chairman Aust. Sub-Commission, Institute Commission Mathematics Instruction 1968-1975.
Executive Committee 1979-1982. President Amateur Sinfonia of Canberra Inc. 1978-1980, Vice-President 198081, 1983-1984, Honorary Life.
President Friends of Canberra School of Music since 1983. Chairman Australian Mathematical Olympiad Committee 1980-1986.
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Membership
Editorial Board Zentralblatt Didaktik Mathematics 1969-1984, Communications in Algebra 1972-1984, Houston Journal of Mathematics since 1974, Mathematics Scientist 1975-1985. Exchange Commission, Institute Mathematics Union (IMU) 1975-1979. Academy Advisory Council, Royal Aust.
Naval College 1978-1987. Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers since 1975, Canberra Mathematics Association since 1975, New Zealand Mathematics Society since 1975. Australian Mathematics Society since 1981.
Since 1984; Governing Board, Australian Mathematics Competition since 1980. Commission, for 1988 Institute Mathematical Olympiad 1984-1988.
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Married 1st Hanna von Caemmerer in 1938 (died in 1971), three son two daughter. Married 2nd Dorothea F. A. Zeim in 1973.
