Dorothy Browne Shaffer

Background

Shaffer, Dorothy Browne was born on February 12, 1923 in Vienna, Austria. Daughter of Hermann and Steffy (Hermann) Browne.

Education

Arrived United States, 1940.

Career

; children: Deborah Lee, Diana Louise, Dorothy Leslie. Bachelor of Arts, Bryn Mawr College, 1943. Master of Arts, Harvard University, 1945, Doctor of Philosophy, 1962.

Mathematician, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1945-1947.

Teaching fellow, research associate, Harvard University, Cambridge, 1947-1948. Associate mathematician Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory, Buffalo, New York, 1952-1956.

Mathematician Dunlap & Association, Stamford, Connecticut, 1958-1960. Lecturer graduate engineering University of Connecticut at Stamford, 1962.

Professor math Fairfield (Connecticut) University, 1963-1992, professor emeritus, 1992.

Visiting professor Imperial College Science and Technology, London, fall 1978, U. Maryland., College Park, spring 1981. Visiting professor University of California-San Diego, summer 1981. Visiting scholar, 1986.

National Science Foundation faculty fellow International Business Machines Corporation-T.J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, New York, 1979.

Contributor numerous papers in mathematics analysis.

Achievements

• Dorothy Browne Shaffer has been listed as a noteworthy mathematician, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American Mathematics Society, Mathematics Association of America, Association for Women in Mathematics, London Mathematics Society Achievement include patent in Viscosity Stabilized Solar Pond.

Connections

Married Lloyd Hamilton Shaffer, July 25, 1943 (deceased. Children: Deborah Lee, Diana Louise, Dorothy Leslie.

Father:

Hermann Browne

Mother:

Steffy (Hermann) Browne

Spouse:

Lloyd Hamilton Shaffer

child:

Dorothy Leslie Shaffer

child:

Deborah Lee Shaffer

child:

Diana Louise Shaffer