Joseph Pierre Louisiana Salle

Background

Salle, Joseph Pierre Louisiana was born on May 28, 1916 in State College, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Leo Joseph and Aline (Mistric) LaSalle.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Louisiana State University, 1937. Doctor of Philosophy (Henry Laws fellow), California Institute Technology, 1941.

Career

Instructor University Texas, 1941-1942, Radar School, Massachusetts Institute Technology, 1942-1943. Research associate Princeton, 1943-1944, Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York, 1944-1946. Member of faculty U. Notre Dame, 1946-1947, 48-58, professor mathematics, 1951-1958.

Associate director Mathematics Center Research Institute for Advanced Studies, Baltimore, 1958-1964.

Professor, director Lefschetz Center for Dynamical Systems, Brown University, Providence, 1964-1981, professor emeritus, 1981-1983, chairman division applied mathematics, 1968-1973.

Achievements

• Joseph Pierre Louisiana Salle has been listed as a noteworthy mathematician. by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Academy Mechanics. Member Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (past president), American Mathematics Society, Mathematics Association American (Chauvenet prize 1965). Pioneered development modern theory of optimal control.

Connections

Married Eleanor Seip, June 12, 1942. Children: Nannette Maria, Marc Joseph.

Father:

Leo Joseph LaSalle

Mother:

Aline (Mistric) LaSalle

Spouse:

Eleanor Seip

child:

Marc Joseph Salle

child:

Nannette Maria Salle