Background
Motzkin, Theodore S. was born in 1908 in Berlin, Germany. Son of Leo and Pauline Motzkin.
Motzkin, Theodore S. was born in 1908 in Berlin, Germany. Son of Leo and Pauline Motzkin.
Student University of Berlin, 1924-1927, U. Goettingen (Germany), 1928, U. Paris (France), 1930. Doctor of Philosophy, University Basel (Switzerland), 1934.
Member of faculty U. Jerusalem, 1936-1948, Boston College, 1950. Member of faculty University of California at Los Angeles, 1950-1970, professor mathematics. Visiting professor U. Jerusalem, 1968, Rockefeller U., 1966.
Consultant University of Chicago, 1953. Harvard Research fellow, 1948. National Science Foundation senior postdoctoral fellow, U. Copenhagen (Denmark), 1963.
Member of faculty U. Jerusalem, 1936-1948, Boston College, 1950. Member of faculty University of California at Los Angeles, 1950-1970, professor mathematics. Member American, Danish, France, Israel (president 1936-1948), London, Switzerland mathematics societies.
Married Naomi Orenstein. Children: Aryeh Leo, Joseph J. Elbanan, Gabriel G. H. Naturalized United States citizen, 1958.