Background
Snapper, Ernst was born on December 2, 1913 in The Netherlands. Came to United States, 1938, naturalized, 1942. Son of Isidore and Henrietta (Van Buuren) Snapper.
Snapper, Ernst was born on December 2, 1913 in The Netherlands. Came to United States, 1938, naturalized, 1942. Son of Isidore and Henrietta (Van Buuren) Snapper.
Master of Arts, Princeton University, 1939; Doctor of Philosophy, Princeton University, 1941; Master of Arts (honorary), Dartmouth College, 1964.
Instructor, Princeton, 1941-1945; visiting associate professor, Princeton, 1949-1950; visiting professor, Princeton, 1954-1955; assistant professor, University of Southern California, 1945-1948; associate professor, University of Southern California, 1948-1953; professor, University of Southern California, 1953-1955; National Science Foundation post-doctoral fellow, Harvard, 1953-1954; Andrew Jackson Buckingham professor mathematics, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio., 1955-1958; professor mathematics, Indiana U., 1958-1963; professor mathematics, Dartmouth, since 1963; Benjamin Pierce Cheney professor mathematics, Dartmouth, 1971-1979.
Member American Mathematics Society, Mathematics Association American (president Indiana section 1962-1963, Carl B. Allendoerfer award 1980), Association Princeton Graduate Alumni (governing board), Society for Preservation Bridges of Konigsburg, Phi Beta Kappa (honorary), Pi Mu Epsilon (honorary).
Married Ethel Lillian Klein, June 1941. Children— John William, James Robert.