Background
Hall, Marshall was born on September 17, 1910 in St. Louis. Son of Marshall and Inez (Bethune) Hall.
mathematician university professor
Hall, Marshall was born on September 17, 1910 in St. Louis. Son of Marshall and Inez (Bethune) Hall.
He studied mathematics at Yale, graduating in 1932. He studied for a year at Cambridge University under a Henry Fellowship working with G. H. Hardy. He returned to Yale to take his Doctor of Philosophy in 1936 under the supervision of Øystein Oregon
Member, Institute Advanced Study, Princeton University, 1936-1937;
instructor, then assistant professor, Yale University, 1937-1946;
associate professor, then professor, Ohio State University, 1946-1959;
professor mathematics, California Institute Technology, Pasadena, 1959-1985;
Executive officer for mathematics, California Institute Technology, Pasadena, 1966-1969;
International Business Machines Corporation professor mathematics, California Institute Technology, Pasadena, 1973-1985;
professor, Emory University, Atlanta, from 1985. Visiting research fellow Merton College, Oxford, England, 1977. Lady Davis visiting professor Technion-Israel Institute Technology, Haifa, 1980.
Visiting Woodruff professor.Emory U., 1982. Visiting professor University of California, Santa Barbara, 1984. Director Summer Institute Finite Groups, Pasadena, 1960, also several symposia.
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Served with United States Naval Reserve, 1943-1946, 50-52. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member American Academy Arts and Sciences, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi.