Orrin Frink

Background

Frink, Orrin was born on May 31, 1901 in Brooklyn. Son of Orrin and Elizabeth Blauvelt (Romeyn) Frink.

Education

AB (Pulitzer scholar), Columbia University, 1922; AM, Columbia University, 1923; Doctor of Philosophy (University fellow), Columbia University, 1926.

Career

National Research Council postdoctoral fellow, University of Chicago, 1926-1927; National Research Council postdoctoral fellow, Princeton University, 1927-1928; instructor, Princeton University, 1925-1926; assistant professor mathematics, Pennsylvania State University, 1982; associate professor, Pennsylvania State University, 1929-1933; professor, Pennsylvania State University, 1933-1988; head mathematics department, Pennsylvania State University, 1949-1960. Fulbright lecturer mathematics University College, Dublin, 1960-1961, 65-66. Assistant chief engineer Special Projects Laboratory, Wright Field Air Force Base, 1944-1945.

Achievements

• Orrin Frink has been listed as a noteworthy Mathematician, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Mathematics Association American (chairman Allegheny Mountain section 1948-1950), American Mathematics Association, Society Industrial and Applied Logic, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Pi Mu Epsilon.

Connections

Married Aline Huke, June 3, 1931. Children: Orrin III, Peter Hill, John Allen, Elizabeth.

Father:

Orrin Frink

Mother:

Elizabeth Blauvelt (Romeyn) Frink

Spouse:

Aline Huke

child:

Elizabeth Frink

child:

John Allen Frink

child:

Orrin III Frink

child:

Peter Hill Frink