Background
Scanlon, Jane Cronin was born on July 17, 1922 in New York City. Daughter of John Timothy and Janet Smiley (Murphy) Cronin.
Scanlon, Jane Cronin was born on July 17, 1922 in New York City. Daughter of John Timothy and Janet Smiley (Murphy) Cronin.
Student, Highland Park Junior College, 1939-1941; Bachelor of Science, Wayne State University, 1943; Master of Arts, University of Michigan, 1945; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Michigan, 1949.
Mathematician, Air Force Cambridge Research Center, 1951-1954;
instructor, Wheaton College, Norton, Massachusetts, 1954-1955;
assistant professor, Polytechnic Institute Brooklyn, 1957-1958;
associate professor, Polytechnic Institute Brooklyn, 1958-1960;
professor, Polytechnic Institute Brooklyn, 1960-1965;
professor mathematics, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 1965-1991;
professor emerita, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, since 1991. Consultant Singer-Kearfott Division, Naval Research Laboratory Office Naval ResearchFellow Princeton, 1948-1949. Horace H. Rockham Postdoctoral fellow University of Michigan, 1950-1951, Rutgers Research Council fellow, 1968-1969, 72-73.
National Science Foundation visiting professorship for women Courant Institute, New York University, 1984-1985.
Member American Mathematics Society, Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, Mathematics Association American, International Society Chronobiology.
Married Joseph C. Scanlon, March 5, 1953 (divorced). Children: Justin, Mary, Anne, Edmund.