Background
Serrin, James Burton was born on November 1, 1926 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of James B. and Helen Elizabeth (Wingate) Serrin.
Serrin, James Burton was born on November 1, 1926 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of James B. and Helen Elizabeth (Wingate) Serrin.
Student, Northwestern University, 1946. Bachelor, Western Michigan University, 1947. Master of Arts, Indiana University.
Doctor of Philosophy, Indiana University, 1951. Doctor of Science, University Sussex, 1972. Doctor of Science in Engineering, University Ferrara, Italy, 1992.
Doctor of Science in Mathematics, University Padova, Italy, 1992. Doctor of Science, University Tours, France, 2004.
With Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1952-1954. Member faculty University Minnesota, Minneapolis, since 1955, professor mathematics, 1959-1995, Regents professor, since 1968, head School Mathematics 1964-1965. Emeritus, 1995
Visiting professor University Chicago, 1964, 75, Johns Hopkins University, 1966, University Sussex, 1967-1968, 72, 76, University Naples, 1979, University Modena, 1988, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1990.
Author: Mathematical Principles of Classical Fluid Mechanics, 1957.
Member Metropolitan Airport Sound Abatement Council, Minneapolis, since 1969. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member National Academy of Sciences, American Mathematics Society (G.D. Birkhoff prize 1973), Mathematics Association American, Society for Natural Philosophy (president 1969-1970), Finnish Academy of Sciences and Letters.
Married Barbara West, September 6, 1952. Children: Martha Helen Stack, Elizabeth Ruth, Janet Louise Sucha.