Background
Ruelle, David Pierre was born on August 20, 1935 in Ghent, Belgium. Son of Pierre Paul Jules and Margareta Constantia (DeJonge) Ruelle.
educator mathematical physicist
Ruelle, David Pierre was born on August 20, 1935 in Ghent, Belgium. Son of Pierre Paul Jules and Margareta Constantia (DeJonge) Ruelle.
Licence in Physics, Universite Libre, Brussels, Belgium, 1957, Doctor of Philosophy in Physics, 1959. Honorary degree, Federal Polytech. School, Lausanne, Switzerland, 1977, Université Mons-Hainaut, Belgium, 1994.
Assistant Free University, Brussels, 1957-1959. Research assistant and privat dozent Federal Polytech. School, Zurich, Switzerland, 1960-1962.
Member Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey, 1962-1964, 70-71.
Professor Institut Des Hautes Etudes Scientifiques, Bures-Sur-Yvette, France, since 1964.
Member Academy Sciences Paris, American Academy Arts and Sciences (foreign honorary), American Physical Society (Dannie Heineman prize 1985), Societe Mathematique de France, American Mathematics Society, Academia Europaea, International Association Mathematics Physicists., Société Francaise de Physique (Holweck prize 1993).
Married Janine Rosa Armandine Lardinois, October 8, 1960. Children: Nicolas Elie, Anne Yvonne, Denise Armande.