Background
Mostert, Paul Stallings was born on November 27, 1927 in Morrilton, Arkansas, United States. Son of Johannes F.T. and Lucy (Stallings) Mostert.
Mostert, Paul Stallings was born on November 27, 1927 in Morrilton, Arkansas, United States. Son of Johannes F.T. and Lucy (Stallings) Mostert.
AB, Rhodes College, 1950; Master of Science, University of Chicago, 1951; Doctor of Philosophy, Purdue University, 1953.
Member faculty, Tulane University, 1953-1970;
professor mathematics, Tulane University, 1962-1970;
department chairman, Tulane University, 1968-1970;
professor mathematics, U. Kansas, 1970-1991;
professor emeritus mathematics, U. Kansas, since 1991;
department chairman, U. Kansas, 1970-1973. Visiting professor U. Tubingen, Germany, 1962-1963. Visiting professor mathematics U. Kentucky, 1984-1985.
Member Institute Advanced Study, Princeton, 1967-1968. Chairman Rhodes College Science Initiative Task Force, 1989-1990. President Equix, Inc., 1984-1985, Pennfield Biomechanics Corporation, Inc., 1985-1989, Equix Biomechanics, 1989-1997.
President Equix Research Corporation, since 1989.
Member Kentucky Statewide Experimental Program to Stimulate Competetive Research Committee, 1994-1996. With United States Naval Reserve, 1945-1946. Member American Mathematics Society (member at large county 1972-1975, Chairman of Commission on acad.freedom, tenure and employment security 1973-1976), Association Mems. of Institute for Advanced Studies, Society Industrial and Applied Mathematics, International Society for Neural Networks, Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association.
Married Barbara Bond. Children: Paul Theodore, Richard Stallings, Kathleen, Kristina.