Background
Brand, Louis was born on September 27, 1885 in Cincinnati. Son of Louis William and Josephine (Zingsheim) Brand.
Brand, Louis was born on September 27, 1885 in Cincinnati. Son of Louis William and Josephine (Zingsheim) Brand.
Chemical Engineering, U. Cincinnati, 1907, Electrical Engineer, 1908, Master of Arts, 1909, Doctor of Science (honorary), 1956. Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1917.
Head department mathematics and mechanics, college engineering U. Cincinnati, 1919-1956, head department mathematics, 1935-1956, professor emeritus, since 1956. Whitney visiting professor Trinity College, 1956-1957. Doctor of Medicine Anderson professor of mathematics University of Houston, Texas, since 1957.
Visiting professor University of Brazil, 1963.
Fellow graduate school arts and science since 1932. Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Ohio, Texas academics science. Member American Mathematics Society, American Mathematics Association, Sigma Xi, Tau Beta Pi, Phi Kappa Phi.
Married Lulu Edith Shinkle, August 14, 1915. Children: Sara Josephine (Mistress Oliver Marcy), Martha Louise (Mistress Bruce Raymond).