Background
Ficken, Frederick Arthur was born on August 13, 1910 in Moore’s Hill, Indiana, United States. Son of Richard Oscar and Grace (Fagley) Ficken.
Ficken, Frederick Arthur was born on August 13, 1910 in Moore’s Hill, Indiana, United States. Son of Richard Oscar and Grace (Fagley) Ficken.
Bachelor of Arts, Oberlin College, 1931. Master of Arts, Ohio State University, 1932. Bachelor of Arts (Rhodes scholar), Oxford (England) University, 1934.
Doctor of Philosophy, Princeton, 1938.
1 son, William Harman. Instructor mathematics Cornell Univercity, 1938-1942. Professor mathematics University of Tennessee, 1942-1959.
Professor mathematics University Heights, New York University, 1959-1973, department chairman, 1959-1967.
Consultant to Operations Research Group United States Navy, 1944-1945. Research associate Institute Mathematics Sciences, New York University, 1949-1951.
Consultant Union Carbide Nuclear Company, Oak Ridge, 1946-1964.
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (secretary Section A mathematics 1969-1974). Member Mathematics Association American, American Mathematics Society, A.A.U.P., American Civil Liberties Union, Society Industrial and Applied Mathematics, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Phi Kappa Phi.
Married Mary Elizabeth Harman, September 11, 1940.