Education
An Ashkenazi Jew, Aronszajn received his Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Warsaw, in 1930, in Poland. He also received a Doctor of Philosophy from Paris University, in 1935. This time Maurice Fréchet was his thesis advisor.
An Ashkenazi Jew, Aronszajn received his Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Warsaw, in 1930, in Poland. He also received a Doctor of Philosophy from Paris University, in 1935. This time Maurice Fréchet was his thesis advisor.
Aronszajn"s main field of study was mathematical analysis. He also contributed to mathematical logic. Stefan Mazurkiewicz was his thesis advisor.
He joined the Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical faculty, but moved to the University of Kansas in 1951 with his colleague Ainsley Diamond after Diamond, a Quaker, was fired for refusing to sign a newly instituted loyalty oath.
Aronszajn retired in 1977. He was a Summerfield Distinguished Scholar from 1964 to his death.