Background
Kervaire, Michel André was born on April 26, 1927 in Czestochowa, Poland. Son of André Victor and Nelly (Derancourt) Kervaire.
Kervaire, Michel André was born on April 26, 1927 in Czestochowa, Poland. Son of André Victor and Nelly (Derancourt) Kervaire.
Doctor of Philosophy, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule, Zurich, Switzerland, 1955. Doctorate (honorary), University Neuchatel, Switzerland, 1989.
Lecturer Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1956-1957. Research associate Battelle Institute, Geneva, 1958-1959. Professor Courant Institute of Mathematics Sciences, New York City, 1959-1971, University Geneva, since 1971.
Married Aimee Moreau, November 3, 1951. Children; Sophie, Barbara.