Background
Smith, Hal Leslie was born on March 18, 1947 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States. Son of Max Leslie and Theodore Marie (Davis) Smith.
Smith, Hal Leslie was born on March 18, 1947 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States. Son of Max Leslie and Theodore Marie (Davis) Smith.
Bachelor of Science in Physics, U. Iowa, Iowa City, 1969; Doctor of Philosophy in Mathematics, U. Iowa, Iowa City, 1976.
Instructor, U. Utah, Salt Lake City, 1977-1979; assistant professor, Arizona State University, Tempe, 1979-1982; associate professor, Arizona State University, Tempe, 1982-1987; professor, Arizona State University, Tempe, since 1987. Visiting research professor Brown U., Providence, Rhode Island, 1985-1986. Referee Journal of Differential Equations, since 1985, Journal of Mathematics Biology, since 1984.
With United States Army, 1969-1971, Vietnam. Member American Mathematics Society, Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Married Kathryn Ellen Silagy, December 23, 1969. 1 child, Erin Kay.