Background
Klamkin was born on March 5, 1921 in Brooklyn, New New York
Klamkin was born on March 5, 1921 in Brooklyn, New New York
New York University Tandon School of Engineering.
He received a bachelor"s degree from the Cooper Union in 1942 and, after four years of service in the United States Army, earned a master"s degree from the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn in 1947, where he taught from 1948 until 1957. After this, Klamkin worked at Alloy Valves and Control, taught at State University of New York Buffalo (1962–1964), and served as the Principal Research Scientist at Ford Motor Company (1965–1976). During this period, he was also a visiting professor at the University of Minnesota.
After leaving Ford, he became a professor at the University of Waterloo.
From 1976 to 1981 Klamkin was the chairman of the Department of Mathematics at the University of Alberta. After 1981 he became an emeritus professor at Alberta.
Klamkin died August 6, 2004. Klamkin was known worldwide as a prolific proposer and editor of professionally challenging mathematical problems.
He served as problem editor for Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics Review, the American Mathematical Monthly, and many other journals.
He was also known for his work in high-level mathematics competitions, such as the United States of America Mathematical Olympiad, the International Mathematical Olympiad, and the Putnam Competition. In 1988 the Mathematical Association of America gave him its Award for Distinguished Service to Mathematics, its highest service award. In 1992, the World Federation of National Mathematics Competitions awarded Klamkin the David Hilbert Award for his contributions to mathematics competitions.
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