Background
Mandelbrot, Benoit B. was born on November 20, 1924 in Warsaw, Poland. Son of Charles and Belle (Lurie) Mandelbrot. came to the United States, 1958.
mathematician scientist and university professor
Mandelbrot, Benoit B. was born on November 20, 1924 in Warsaw, Poland. Son of Charles and Belle (Lurie) Mandelbrot. came to the United States, 1958.
Diploma, Ecole Polytechnique, Paris, 1947;Master of Science in Aeronautics, California Institute Technology, 1948;Doctor of Philosophy in Mathematics, U. Paris, 1952;Doctor of Science (honorary), Syracuse University, 1986;Doctor of Science (honorary), Syracuse University, 1985;Doctor of Science (honorary), Laurentian U., 1986;Doctor of Science (honorary), Boston University, 1987;Doctor of Science (honorary), State University of New York, 1988;Doctor of Science (honorary), University Bremen, 1988;Doctor of Science (honorary), University Guelph, Ontario, Canada, 1989;Doctor of Science (honorary), University Dallas, 1992;Doctor of Science (honorary), Union College, 1993;Doctor of Science (honorary), University Buenos Aires, 1993;Doctor of Science (honorary), University Tel Aviv, 1995;Doctor of Science (honorary), Open U., England, 1998;Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Pace U., 1989.
Junior member and Rockefeller scholar, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey, 1953-1954;junior professor mathematics, U. Geneva, 1955-1957;junior professor mathematics, U. Lille and Ecole Polytechnique, Paris, 1957-1958;research staff member, International Business Machines Corporation Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, New York, 1958-1974;International Business Machines Corporation fellow, International Business Machines Corporation Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, New York, 1974-1993;International Business Machines Corporation fellow emeritus, International Business Machines Corporation Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, New York, since 1993;professor mathematics science, Yale University, New Haven, since 1987;professor, Academy des Sciences, Paris, 1995. Visiting professor economics Harvard University, 1962-1963, visiting professor applied mathematics, 1963-1964, visiting professor mathematics, 1979-1980, professor practice mathematics, 1984-1987. Visiting professor engineering Yale University, 1970.
Visiting professor physiology Einstein College Medicine, 1970. Hitchcock professor University of California, Berkeley, 1992. Visitor Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1953, also Institute lecturer.
Visitor U. Paris, 1966, College de France, Paris, 1973, Institute des Hautes Etudes Scientifiques, Bures, 1980, Mittag-Leffler Institute, Sweden, 1984, Max Planck Institute Mathematics Bonn, Germany, 1988, Gonville and Caius College, Newton Institute, Cambridge, England, 1999. Lecturer Yale University, 1970, Cambridge U., 1990-1999, University of Oxford, 1990, ImperialColl., London, 1991, Accademia di Lincei, Rome, Mathematics Centrum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, U. Barcelona, Spain, U. Uppsala, Sweden, London School Economics, Oslo U., Coimbra U., Portugal. Speaker and organizer professional conferences.
Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (Charles Proteus Steinmetz medal 1988), American Academy Arts and Sciences, European Academy Arts, Sciences and Humanities, American Physical Society, Institute Mathematics Statistics, Econometric Society, American Geophysical Union, American Statistic Association. Member NAS United States of America (foreign associate, Barnard medal 1985), Norwegian Academy International Statistical Institute (elected, foreign associate), American Mathematics Society, Norwegian Academy Science and Letters (foreign member).
Married Aliette Kagan, November 5, 1955. Children: Laurent, Didier.