Lester John Senechal

Background

Senechal, Lester John was born on June 10, 1934 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Lester John and Charlotte Eleanor (Arnold) Senechalle.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Illinois Institute Technology, 1956; Doctor of Philosophy, Illinois Institute Technology, 1963.

Career

Assistant professor, U. Arizona, Tucson, 1963-1965; assistant professor, U. Massachusetts, Amherst, 1965-1968; assistant professor, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, Massachusetts, 1968-1969; associate professor, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, 1969-1974; professor, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, since 1974. Fulbright lecturer Brazil, 1965. Visiting scholar U. Groningen, The Netherlands, 1974-1975, Academy Sciences Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics, Moscow, 1978-1979, University Texas, Austin, 1986-1987.

Member Council for Undergraduate Research (chairman Mathematics and Computer Sciences Council, 1988-1992).

Achievements

• Lester John Senechal has been listed as a noteworthy Mathematician by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Trustee Common School, Amherst, 1966-1970. Member Mathematics Association American (member committee since 1989), American Mathematics Society, Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics.

Connections

Married MarjorieLee Wikler, May 31, 1963 (divorced July 1986). Children: Diana, Jennifer.

Father:

Lester John Senechalle

Mother:

Charlotte Eleanor (Arnold) Senechalle

Spouse:

MarjorieLee Wikler

child:

Diana Senechal

child:

Jennifer Senechal