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Osserman, Robert was born on December 19, 1926 in New York City. Son of Herman Aaron and Charlotte (Adler) Osserman.
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mathematician university professor
Osserman, Robert was born on December 19, 1926 in New York City. Son of Herman Aaron and Charlotte (Adler) Osserman.
Bachelor, New York University, 1946; postgraduate, U. Zurich postgraduate, U. Paris Master of Arts, Harvard University, 1948; Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1955.
Raised in Bronx, he went to Bronx High School of Science (diploma, 1942) and New York University. He joined Stanford University in 1955. He joined the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute in 1990.
He worked on geometric function theory, differential geometry, the two integrated in a theory of minimal surfaces, isoperimetric inequality, and other issues in the areas of astronomy, geometry, cartography and complex function theory. Osserman was the head of mathematics at Office of Naval Research, a Fulbright Lecturer at the University of Paris and Guggenheim Fellow at the University of Warwick. He edited numerous books and promoted mathematics, such as in interviews with celebrities Steve Martin and Alan Alda.
He received the Lester R. Ford Award of the Mathematical Association of America for his popular science writings. He was an invited speaker at the International Congress of Mathematicians in Helsinki, in 1978. H. Blaine Lawson was a Ph.D. student of his.
Robert Osserman died on Wednesday, November 30, 2011 at his home.
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Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member American Mathematics Society, Mathematics Association American M C.
Married Maria Anderson, June 15,1952. 1 son, Paul; married Janet Adelman, July 21, 1976. Children— Brian, Stephen.