Herbert Stanley Bear

Background

Bear, Herbert Stanley was born on March 13, 1929 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Herbert Stanley and Katharine (Schaeffer) Bear.

Education

Bachelor, University of California-Berkeley, 1950; Doctor of Philosophy, University of California-Berkeley, 1957.

Career

Instructor, U. Oregon, Eugene, 1955-1956; visiting assistant professor, Princeton University, 1959-1960; instructor to assistant professor, U. Washington, Seattle, 1957-1959, 60-62; associate professor mathematics, University of California-Santa Barbara, 1962-1967; professor mathematics, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, 1967-1969; visiting professor mathematics, U. Erlangen-Nurnberg, 1969; department chairman mathematics, U. Erlangen-Nurnberg, 1969-1974; graduate chairman, U. Erlangen-Nurnberg, 1980-1983; professor mathematics, U. Hawaii, Honolulu, 1969-1974; professor emeritus, U. Hawaii, Honolulu, since 1974.

Achievements

• Herbert Stanley Bear has been listed as a noteworthy Mathematics educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Trustee Mathematics Sciences Research Institute, Berkeley, 1981-1991.

Connections

Married Jean I. Munro, May 30, 1951 (divorced 1982). Children: Katharine, John. Married Ruth E. Murashige Wong, June 30, 1984.

Father:

Herbert Stanley Bear

Mother:

Katharine (Schaeffer) Bear

Spouse:

Ruth E. Murashige Wong

Spouse:

Jean I. Munro

child:

John Bear

child:

Katharine Bear