Background

Cohen, Joel Marc was born on September 27, 1941 in Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Nathan and Paula (Grace) Cohen.

Education

Standard Chartered Bank in Applied Mathematics, Brown U., 1963; Doctor of Philosophy in Mathematics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1966.

Career

Assistant instructor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1964-1966; instructor mathematics, University of Chicago, 1966-1968; assistant professor, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1968-1975; associate professor, U. Maryland., College Park, 1975-1978; professor, U. Maryland., College Park, since 1978; professor, U. Bari., Italy, 1983-1988. President U. Maryland. Faculty Guild, College Park, 1989-1991.

Campus ombudsman U. Maryland., College Park, since 1991.

Achievements

• Joel Marc Cohen has been listed as a noteworthy Mathematician, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Stable Homotopy (Lecture Notes in Mathematics)
  • Stable Homotopy (Lecture Notes in Mathematics) by Joel M. Cohen (2009-02-22)

Membership

Democratic committeeman 5th Ward Organisation, Philadelphia, 1971-1975. Member Executive Committee American Democratic Action, Washington, since 1975, vice president, since 1990. Member American Mathematics Society, Mathematics Association American, Unione Matematica Italiana.

Connections

Married Toby Silverman, August 30, 1964 (divorced July 1971). Married Flavia Colonna, March 11, 1980 (divorced November 1991).

Father:

Nathan Cohen

Mother:

Paula (Grace) Cohen

Spouse:

Toby Silverman

Spouse:

Flavia Colonna