Background
Sokolnikoff, Ivan John Stephan was born on November 10, 1901 in Chernigov Government, Russia. Son of Stephan Ivan and Katherine (Triguboff) Sokolnikoff.
Sokolnikoff, Ivan John Stephan was born on November 10, 1901 in Chernigov Government, Russia. Son of Stephan Ivan and Katherine (Triguboff) Sokolnikoff.
Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineer, Idaho University, 1926. Doctor of Philosophy, University Wisconsin, 1930.
Annual Naturalized citizen, 1927.
Fellow, Idaho University, 1925-1927. Member Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics 1st All-Union Congress on Mechanics, Moscow, 1960. Member Circolo Matematico di Palermo, American Mathematics Society (Council, 1945-1947), Mathematics Association American (governor 1948-1950), American Association of University Professors, Society Industrial and Applied Mathematics, Sigma Xi, Tau Beta Pi, Gamma Alpha.
Married Elizabeth Thatcher Stafford, June 6, 1931. Married second, Ruth Lawyer, December 23, 1947.