Background
Stone, Arthur Harold was born on September 30, 1916 in London. Came to the United States, 1959. Son of Aurel P. and Rosa (Schekter).
Stone, Arthur Harold was born on September 30, 1916 in London. Came to the United States, 1959. Son of Aurel P. and Rosa (Schekter).
Bachelor, Cambridge University, England, 1938. Master of Arts, Cambridge University, England, 1939. Doctor of Philosophy, Princeton University, 1941.
Member Institute Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey, 1941-1942. Instructor Purdue University, 1942-1944. With Geophysical Laboratory, Washington, 1944-1945.
Fellow Trinity College Cambridge University, 1946-1948. Lecturer Manchester (England) University, 1948-1957, senior lecturer, 1957-1961. Professor mathematics University Rochester, 1961-1987, professor emeritus, from 1987.
Adjunct professor Northeastern University, Boston, from 1988. Visiting professor Columbia University, 1961, Yale University, 1965-1966. Visiting research associate University California, Berkeley, 1971-1972.
Visiting fellow Australian National University, Canberra, 1978.
The Stone"s metrization theorem has been named after him, and he was a member of a group of mathematicians who published pseudonymously as Blanche Descartes.
Son of; married Dorothy Maharam, April 12, 1942. Children: David A., Ellen R.