Michael Israel Aissen

Background

Aissen, Michael Israel was born on January 16, 1921 in Istanbul, Turkey. Son of Oscar Ansil and Judith (Cohen) Aissen. came to the United States, 1922, naturalized, 1943.

Education

Student, Cooper Union School Engineering, 1938-1941; Bachelor of Science, City College of New York, 1947; Doctor of Philosophy, Stanford University, 1951.

Career

Research scientist radiation laboratory, Johns Hopkins University, 1951-1960; associate professor, Fordham University, New York City, 1961-1964; professor mathematics, Fordham University, 1964-1970; professor, department chairman mathematics, Newark College Arts and Sciences-Rutgers University, Newark, 1970-1989, retired; adjunct teaching professor, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, since 1989. Visiting professor Syracuse University, spring 1977, Naval Postgraduate School, 1983. Consultant aerospace research laboratories Air Force Department, Dayton, Ohio, 1967-1968.

Teacher Agency for International Development, Pakistan, 1967, 70. Member Courant Institute Mathematics 1960. Visiting mathematician National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration/ERL, Boulder, Colorado, 1987.

Achievements

• Michael Israel Aissen has been listed as a noteworthy Mathematics educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Served with Army of the United States, 1943-1946. Member New York Academy Sciences (chairman mathematics section since 1970, member conference committee 1976-1978), Society Industrial and Applied Mathematics (chairman Baltimore section 1957), American Mathematics Society, Mathematics Association American (new ideas committee 1976-1978, Board of Governors 1979-1982).

Connections

Married Mildred Davis, April 17, 1944. Children: Judith, Louis Shemin, Claire Deem.

Father:

Oscar Ansil Aissen

Mother:

Judith (Cohen) Aissen

Spouse:

Mildred Davis

child:

Claire Deem Aissen

child:

Judith Aissen

child:

Louis Shemin Aissen