Background
Kemeny, John George was born on May 31, 1926 in Budapest, Hungary. Son of Tibor and Lucy (Fried) Kemeny. came to the United States, 1940, naturalized, 1945.
mathematician philosopher and teacher
Kemeny, John George was born on May 31, 1926 in Budapest, Hungary. Son of Tibor and Lucy (Fried) Kemeny. came to the United States, 1940, naturalized, 1945.
Bachelor, Princeton University, 1947; Doctor of Philosophy, Princeton University, 1949; Doctor of Laws (honorary), Princeton University, 1971; Doctor of Science (honorary), Middlebury College, 1965; Doctor of Science (honorary), Boston College, 1973; Doctor of Science (honorary), University Pennsylvania, 1975; Doctor of Science (honorary), Bard College, 1978; Doctor of Science (honorary), Dickinson College, 1981; Doctor of Laws (honorary), Columbia University, 1971; Doctor of Laws (honorary), University N.H., 1972; Doctor of Laws (honorary), Colby College, 1976; Doctor of Laws (honorary), Lafayette College, 1976; Doctor of Laws (honorary), Brown U., 1980; Doctor of Laws (honorary), Dartmouth College, 1981; Doctor of Science (honorary), Claremont Graduate School, 1982; Doctor of Laws (honorary), Tufts U., 1982; Doctor of Science (honorary), Rockford College, 1983; Doctor of Laws (honorary), Western Michigan U., 1983; Doctor of Laws (honorary), York University, Canada, 1984; Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Skidmore College, 1984; Doctor of Science (honorary), City U., London, 1989.
Assistant theoretical division, Los Alamos Project, 1945-1946;
assistant teaching and research, Princeton, 1946-1948;
Fine instructor, Office Naval Research fellow mathematics, 1949-1951;
assistant professor philosophy, Office Naval Research fellow mathematics, 1951-1953;
research assistant to, Doctor Albert Einstein, Institute Advanced Study, 1948-1949;
professor mathematics, Dartmouth College, 1953-1970, 81-90;
Adjunct Professor math, Dartmouth College, 1972-1981;
chairman mathematics department, Dartmouth College, 1955-1967;
Albert Bradley 3d Century professor, Dartmouth College, 1969-1972;
president, Dartmouth College, 1970-1981;
professor mathematics and computer science, Dartmouth College, 1981-1990;
coordinator educational plans and development, 1967-1969;
lecturer in, Austria, Israel, India, Japan, 1964-1965;
Vanuxem lecturer, Princeton University, 1974. Chairman True BASIC, Inc., Hanover, N.H., since 1983 (implemented on a variety of microcomputers). Consultant Rand Corporation, Santa Monica, California, 1953-1969.
Member National Commission Libraries and Information Science, 1971-1973. Member regional director's advising committee Department of Health, Education and Welfare, 1971-1973.
Chairman United States Commision on Mathematics Instruction, 1958-1960. Member National Research Council, 1963-1966. Chairman.Pres.'s Commision on Accident at Three Mile Island, 1979.
Member Hanover School Board (N.H.), 1961-1964. Trustee Foundation Center, 1970-1976, Carnegie Foundation Advancement Teaching, 1972-1978. Board directors Council for Finance Aid toEdn., 1976-1979.
Chairman Consortium on Financing Higher Education, 1979-1980. Served with Army of the United States, 1945-1946. Member Association Symbolic Logic, Mathematics Association American (chairman New England section 1959-1960, member of the Board of Governors 1960-1963, chairman panel biological and social science 1963-1964), American Mathematics Society, American Philosophical Association, American Academy Arts and Sciences, Century Association Club, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi (national lecturer 1967).
Married Jean Alexander, November 5, 1950. Children: Jennifer M., Robert A.