Edward Wesler Packel

Background

Packel, Edward Wesler was born on July 23, 1941 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Israel and Reba (Wesler) Packel.

Education

Bachelor, Amherst (Massachusetts) College, 1963; Doctor of Philosophy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1967.

Career

Construction engineering, General Electric, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, summer 1966; assistant professor mathematics, Reed College, Portland, 1967-1971; assistant professor mathematics, Lake Forest College, 1971-1975; computer center director, Lake Forest College, 1972-1973; associate professor mathematics, Lake Forest College, 1975-1982; professor mathematics, Lake Forest College, since 1982; chairman mathematics, Lake Forest College, since 1986. Senior lecturer, professor department computer science Columbia University, New York City, 1983-1985. Visiting associate California Institute Technology, Pasadena, 1977-1978, 80.

Visiting professor Mathematics Science Research Institute, Berkeley, California, 1989-1990.

Achievements

• Edward Wesler Packel has been listed as a noteworthy Mathematics educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

• book

  • Functional Analysis: A Short Course

Membership

Member Mathematics Association American, American Mathematics Society, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi (vice president 1990-1991, president since 1991).

Interests

• Avocations: running, golf.

Connections

Married Doreen Humphreys, May 20, 1968 (divorced 1979). Children: Lisa, Laura, Amanda. Married Kathryn Helen Dohrmann, July 12, 1980.

1 child, Adrian Dohrmann.

Father:

Israel Packel

Mother:

Reba (Wesler) Packel

Spouse:

Kathryn Helen Dohrmann

Spouse:

Doreen Humphreys

child:

Amanda Packel

child:

Laura Packel

child:

Lisa Packel

child:

Adrian Dohrmann Packel