Background
Almgren, Frederick Justin was born on July 3, 1933 in Birmingham, Alabama, United States. Son of Frederick Justin and Sarah Cone (Wright) Almgren.
Almgren, Frederick Justin was born on July 3, 1933 in Birmingham, Alabama, United States. Son of Frederick Justin and Sarah Cone (Wright) Almgren.
Bachelor of Science in Engineering, Princeton University, 1955; Doctor of Philosophy in Math, Brown U., 1962.
Instructor mathematics, Princeton University, New Jersey, 1962-1963;
assistant professor, Princeton University, New Jersey, 1965-1968;
associate professor, Princeton University, New Jersey, 1968-1972;
professor, Princeton University, New Jersey, 1972-1997. Scholar Institute Advanced Study, Princeton, 1963-1965, 69, 74-75, 78, 81-82, 85, 92. Exchange visitor Steklov Mathematics Institute, Leningrad, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics, 1970.
Visiting scholar Stanford University, 1989.
Served with United States Navy, 1955-1958. Member American Mathematics Society, Mathematics Association American, Society Industrial and Applied Mathematics, American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Married Jean Ellen Taylor, October 6, 1973. Children— Robert Frederick, Ann Stewart, Karen Taylor.