Peter Hoadley Sellers

Background

Sellers, Peter Hoadley was born on September 12, 1930 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Lester Hoadley and Therese (Tyler) Sellers.

Education

Bachelor, University of Pennsylvania, 1953; Master of Arts, University of Pennsylvania, 1958; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Pennsylvania, 1965.

Career

Mathematics teacher, Kangaru School, Embu, Kenya, 1961-1963; programmer, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1958-1961; member of faculty, Rockefeller U., New York City, since 1966. Johnson Foundation postdoctoral fellow, 1963-1965.

Achievements

• Peter Hoadley Sellers has been listed as a noteworthy Mathematician by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Combinatorial Complexes: A Mathematical Theory of Algorithms

Membership

Trustee College of the Atlantic, Bar Harbor, Maine, 1985-1996. Curator Rockefeller History Instrument Collection, since 1997. Lt (junior grade) United States Naval Reserve, 1953-1955.

Member American Mathematics Society, Mathematics Association American, Society Industrial and Applied Mathematics.

Interests

• Avocation: boat building.

Connections

Married Lucy Bell Newlin, June 21, 1958. Children: Mortimer, Therese, Mary, Lucy Bell.

Father:

Lester Hoadley Sellers

Mother:

Therese (Tyler) Sellers

Spouse:

Lucy Bell Newlin

child:

Therese Sellers

child:

Mary Sellers

child:

Mortimer Sellers

child:

Lucy Bell Sellers