Background
Cohen, Leon Warren was born on April 24, 1903 in New York City. Son of Joseph W. and Sarah (Warren) Cohen.
Cohen, Leon Warren was born on April 24, 1903 in New York City. Son of Joseph W. and Sarah (Warren) Cohen.
AB, Columbia University, 1923. AM, Columbia University, 1925. Doctor of Philosophy, University michigan, 1928.
National Research Council fellow, Princeton (New Jersey) U., 1919-1931; professor, U. Kentucky, 1931-1947; lecturer, University of Wisconsin, 1942-1944; research mathematician, Columbia University, 1944-1945; research mathematician, Brown U., 1945; professor, Ohio State University, Wright-Patterson Field, 1946; professor, Queens College, 1947-1954; program director mathematics science, National Science Foundation, 1953-1958; member division mathematics, National Academy Science-National Research Council, 1954-1958; executive secretary division, National Academy Science-National Research Council, 1966-1972; head department mathematics, U. Maryland., 1958-1968; professor, U. Maryland., 1958-1973; professor emeritus, U. Maryland., 1973-1992. Member Institute Advanced Study, fellow Fund for Advancement Education, 1952-1953;representative region 5 National Woodrow Wilson Fellowship Foundation, 1958-1959. Executive director Conference Board Mathematics Sciences, 1962-1966.
Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member American Mathematics Society (associate secretary, member council 1951-1954), Mathematics Association American, American Association of University Professors (chapter president 1940), Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi.
Married Isabel Ackerman, June 18, 1927. 1 child, Amy Judith.