Background
Billera, Louis Joseph was born on April 12, 1943 in New York City. Son of Joseph James and Florence Ann (Lombardi) Billera.
Billera, Louis Joseph was born on April 12, 1943 in New York City. Son of Joseph James and Florence Ann (Lombardi) Billera.
Bachelor of Science, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1964. Postgraduate, Princeton University, 1965. Master of Arts, City University of New York, 1967.
Doctor of Philosophy, City University of New York, 1968.
Assistant professor, Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York, 1968-1973;
postdoctoral fellow, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel, 1969;
associate professor, Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York, 1973-1980;
professor mathematics, Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York, since 1980;
professor mathematics, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 1985-1989;
associate director DIMACS Center Discrete Mathematics/Theoretical Computer, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 1988-1989;
acting director, Center for Applied Mathematics, Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York, 1995-1996;
research professor, Mathematics Science Research Institute, Berkeley, 1996-1997. Visiting research associate Brandeis U., Waltham, Massachusetts, 1974-1975. Professor invité Congress of Racial Equality, U. Catholique de Louvain, Belgium, 1980.
Visiting professor Mittag-Leffler Institute, Sweden, 1992.
Member American Mathematics Society, Mathematics Programming Society, Mathematics Association American, Society Industrial and Applied Mathematics.
Married Jeanne Marie Kebba, June 20, 1964. Children: John L., Mark A.